6 September, 1999The deadline for UAW negotiations with the Big Three automakers is one week away.

2 September, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation has just published a book - in cartoon format - which presents the IMF's all-important Action Programme in an easily comprehensible manner.

1 September, 1999Turkish affiliate has written to express its appreciation for international solidarity.

1 September, 1999The contract negotiated by the Machinists and Boeing management has been endorsed by the union's membership and will thus avert a costly strike.

31 August, 1999After amosite (brown asbestos) and crocidolite (blue asbestos), now chrysotile is on its way out.

26 August, 1999IAM Boeing workers took to the street in the final week of contract talks between the union and the aircraft manufacturer.

25 August, 1999The president of the Finnish Metalworkers' Union favours levying a tax on short-term international capital transfers.

23 August, 1999Nothing happens when Europe is on vacation. It's summertime!

22 August, 1999Striking port and airport workers have been violently attacked by the police and armed forces, with many arrests carried out.

18 August, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation expresses its profound sympathy with the people of Turkey, and with all metalworkers and their families affected by one of the strongest earthquakes this century, and urges humanitarian support.