http://www.imfmetal.org www.imfmetal.org en Copyright www.imfmetal.org 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. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28703&l=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:14:38 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28703&l=2 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. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28683&l=2 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:37:48 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28683&l=2 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. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28676&l=2 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:31:14 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28676&l=2 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). http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28656&l=2 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:05:57 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28656&l=2 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. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28647&l=2 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:26:36 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28647&l=2 "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". http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28667&l=2 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:37:35 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28667&l=2 On January 1, 2012, Rio Tinto's aluminium subsidiary Alcan locked out 780 members of United Steelworkers at its smelter and refinery in Alma, Québec. The company refuses to negotiate limits on contract work. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28626&l=2 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:59:24 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28626&l=2 Over 150,000 workers came out on the streets of Norway to protest against the imposition of a new EU directive on temporary agency workers. The directive can undermine collective agreements by permitting temporary contracts which currently have to be agreed with the unions. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28637&l=2 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:09:51 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28637&l=2 In January Fair Labor Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending sweatshop conditions in factories worldwide, announced Apple was admitted as a "Participating Company". That means that Apple promises to clean its supply chains from labour abuses during the coming two years. While welcoming this move GoodElectronics promises to watch closely whether the membership means Apple takes action on key problems. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28617&l=2 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:38:40 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28617&l=2 Italian metalworkers' unions Fim-Cisl and Fiom-Cgil say the official EU report on arms exports is flawed, incomplete and too late. They are among the promoters of the Arms Control Network Rete Italiana per il Disarmo, one of the signatories of a critical appeal against lax European arms export control. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28616&l=2 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:55:52 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28616&l=2