10 October, 1999Workers win improvements in ergonomics, reduced exposure to metalworking fluids and renewed funds for health and safety training and research.

5 October, 1999GWU's members who went on strike at Malta's airport in August are asked to return to work.

4 October, 1999Help support the trade union campaign against a second wave of anti-union legislation in Australia.

30 September, 1999Brazilian metal federations report brutality used against workers during their one-day strike.

30 September, 1999UAW workers overwhelmingly ratify the DaimlerChrysler contract, and union negotiators reach tentative agreement with General Motors and Delphi Automotive Systems.

26 September, 1999The Norwegian metalworkers' union, Fellesforbundet, has decided to increase its international solidarity activities.

26 September, 1999Chinese labour group goes to South Korea for talks with fellow trade unionists.

22 September, 1999IG Metall Congress will take important organisational and political decisions.

22 June, 1999World metal union says that internationally agreed core labour standards must be incorporated in agreements on free trade.

22 June, 1999Central Committee elects new members to the Executive and has a new industrial department president.