3 February, 2002Brazilian trade union offices searched by men armed with machine guns. Safes and computers were stolen.

31 January, 2002Trade unions make joint statement to the World Social Forum (Porto Alegre) and the World Economic Forum (New York).

31 January, 2002Closure is part of its large-scale restructuring plan announced a year ago.

30 January, 2002A VW campaign collecting coins of former currencies of the European Monetary Union can help build a future for children.

29 January, 2002600 workers at BHP Billiton-owned mine consider strike.

24 January, 2002The Daewoo Motors Workers' Union stands firm on its demands for job security and collective agreement.

22 December, 2008New Metal World reports about recent U.S. elections and hope for change inspired by Barack Obama, gives a special report about mechanical engineering, and profiles Gab-Deuk Jung, KMWU president, and his union fight for workers' rights.

19 December, 2008Arrest and imprisonment has not deterred Gab-Deuk Jung, president of the KMWU, from fighting for industry-wide collective bargaining and protecting the rights of workers to form unions.

19 December, 2008Mechanical engineering is of central importance to most other manufacturing sectors and yet, until now, its organizing potential and strategic role has been frequently overlooked by trade unions.

19 December, 2008Barack Obama's decisive victory as the next president of the United States inspired hope among working people both in America and abroad. In battleground states, such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, more than 100,000 trade union volunteers took time off work to help convince Americans to vote for change.