23 October, 2000The impact of the liberalising economy was a main topic for debate at the SMEWFI convention.
18 October, 2000For the first time, the Italian trade unions are calling for a general strike to improve working conditions.
17 October, 2000The president of the IMF's Swiss affiliate, the SMUV/FTMH, takes the helm of the Swiss Socialist Party.
15 October, 2000Yearly report by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions documents trade union rights violations and repression in 113 countries.
9 October, 2000The MTUC, with the full support of its affiliates, organises protest regarding long delays for settling industrial disputes.
5 October, 2000The United Steelworkers of America is organising a conference of unions representing workers in Alcoa, Kaiser, Pechiney, Alcan and Noranda operations.
3 September, 2007In the spring of 2005, Alexei Etmanov went to Brazil as a member of a trade union delegation and returned to his job at a Ford plant in Russia with a totally new concept of unionism.
31 August, 2007International Ban Asbestos Secretariat publishes Killing the Future, a report on Asbestos Use in Asia.
28 August, 2007Workers face unjust dismissals, harassment and threats, and violations of trade union rights.
