4 October, 2001French metalworkers at Moulinex want the prime minister and his government to hear their demands.

4 October, 2001Workers at Robert Bosch-Breaks-Alferrarede will strike for 24 hours.

3 October, 2001The UAW describes how U.S. management "barraged workers with distorted, misleading, wrong information" about the union.

2 October, 2001Mozal, an aluminium producer in Mozambique, dismisses all workers and uses the police and dogs to evict them from the plant.

14 June, 2001In the IMF's survey "The purchasing power of working time", comparisons are made between the time that has to be worked to buy food, clothing, fuel, rent, durable goods, income tax and social security in 63 countries . It's a horn of plenty.

14 June, 2001Philips is trying to escape the collective agreement in Germany with a juridical trick.

14 June, 2001Threats and blackmail against trade union activists have intensified in Belarus.

11 June, 2001Job Cuts above 1,000 announced until July 31, 2001, sorted by number of job cuts.

10 June, 2001One of Great Britain's largest unions favours a modern attitude to changes in the public services.

6 June, 2001Members of the Venezuelan steelworkers' union SUTISS are on strike and need international support.