VW must rehire workers23 January, 2001South African conciliation commission rules that VW South Africa must reemploy 1,300 workers by February 5.
Big blow for UK car jobs11 May, 2000Ford has announced it will quit car production at its 70-year-old Dagenham plant in east London.
ABB will slash jobs23 July, 2001Electrical engineering group has announced plans to reduce its 163,000 workforce by 8 per cent.
White-collar employees decline union bid23 July, 2001The attempt to gain union representation among professional and office employees at Boeing will continue.
Appeal for Maintrain workers25 July, 2001Members of the AMWU are on strike to protect workers' entitlements.
100 per cent stayaway in autoworkers' strike5 August, 2001The first day of industrial action in South Africa's car manufacturing industry has been an unqualified success.
Strike at Tristar continues6 August, 2001The International Metalworkers' Federation fully supports the workers and the trade union in their campaign to secure entitlements.
Global union action day1 August, 2001Workers and trade unions will mark the first day of the WTO Qatar conference with their unwillingness to accept the negative effects of globalisation.
Union victory at Tristar8 August, 2001The deal will boost the campaign by Australian trade unions to protect workers' entitlements.
Numsa auto strike enters second week14 August, 2001IMF urges solidarity with its South African affiliate.
