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Landmark victory for Indonesian workers

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Electrolux workers on strike in Romania

860 employees of an Electrolux plant in Satu Mare, northern Romania, went on an indefinite strike after the management refused to sign a new collective agreement with the same conditions for 2012.Feb 01, 2012

Vale elected as the most evil company 2012

Almost 90,000 people participated in the online Public Eye awards for the worst company 2012. The People’s award went to Vale with 25,042 votes and British Barclays received the jury prize.Jan 31, 2012

Finnish High Court: agency work not only temporary

If there is not a motivated and objective reason for a job being temporary, it is permanent, the Finnish High Court ruled on January 24. The fact that a work agency client company assignment is time-limited is not a sufficient reason.Jan 31, 2012

Workers Uniting protests at the killing of Colombian trade unionists

In a letter to the president of Colombia, the USW and Unite trade unions call for an investigation into the brutal killings of Mauricio Redondo (USO) and Víctor Manuel Hilarion (SINTRAPAZ).Jan 30, 2012

IF Metall’s Stefan Löfven becomes party leader in Sweden

Stefan Löfven, president of the 355,000 member IF Metall, was elected the Swedish Social Democratic Party acting president after Håkan Juholt resigned on January 21.Jan 30, 2012

200 million unemployed

“After three years of continuous crisis conditions in global labour markets and against the prospect of a further deterioration of economic activity, there is a backlog of global unemployment of 200 million,” says ILO in its annual report, “Global Employment Trends 2012: Preventing a deeper jobs crisis”.Jan 30, 2012

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  • Unions in Norway mobilize against temporary agency directive
  • GoodElectronics cautious about Apple joining Fair Labor Association
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  • Zero fatalities remain the goal for ArcelorMittal
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