Numsa action against aids26 August, 2000Numsa will encourage its members to go for voluntary HIV testing.
Historical Estonian agreement31 August, 2000The Estonian Metalworkers' Trade Union has signed a cooperation agreement with the employers' national organisation.
MNC mergers force unions to review auto councils4 September, 2000Marcello Malentacchi says that the IMF World Auto Company Councils have to be reviewed.
Deal reached at Bridgestone/Firestone4 September, 2000The IMF-affiliated USWA negotiates agreement with tire company and averts strike.
Philips a "dinosaur of Manchester capitalism"14 February, 2001The management of the Dutch multinational isn't setting a path for forward-looking cooperation with international trade unions and says that the IMF and EMF "are not the relevant partners for us."
Laid-off Daewoo workers demand their jobs back18 February, 2001Hundreds of Daewoo workers refuse to leave the plant in protest against mass dismissals.
"Raise Wages Up to the Level of Prices"19 February, 2001This resolution was adopted at a workers' protest meeting in Minsk on February 14, 2001.
AMWU supports Korea's Daewoo workers27 February, 2001The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union is staging a demonstration in Sydney in protest at heavy-handed police repression of autoworkers in Korea.
Expert study on asbestosis1 March, 2001This illness, which comes from exposure to asbestos particles, kills 100-200 people a year in Finland.
MACG negotiations stalled1 March, 2001Negotiations to conclude a collective contract with the Matsushita Air-Conditioning Group of Companies in Malaysia are deadlocked.
