10 May, 2001IMF research paper deals with current trends in enterprise restructuring and work organisation, plus trade union responses.

10 May, 2001Prime minister agrees to act on MTUC grievances involving the Employees Provident Fund.

9 May, 2001IMF Australian affiliates will urge shareholders to reject proposal.

6 May, 2001A company bus slams into striking workers at a bicycle factory in Chile, leaving one dead and two gravely injured.

2 May, 2001It is hoped that the 9th Collective Agreement between Malaysia's EIWU and the company will be settled soon.

2 May, 2001Hundreds of thousands of workers and their trade unions succeed in forcing the government to withdraw its proposals for pension reform.

9 August, 2001The South African metalworkers' union continues to negotiate its demands with the steelmaker while production remains at a standstill.

6 August, 2001The International Metalworkers' Federation fully supports the workers and the trade union in their campaign to secure entitlements.

1 August, 2001The German metalworkers' union says that VW's new jobs' proposition undercuts present wages and working conditions.

1 August, 2001Workers and trade unions will mark the first day of the WTO Qatar conference with their unwillingness to accept the negative effects of globalisation.