21 February, 2008Union says the situation of approximately 2,500 contract workers must be resolved. Their poor working conditions would improve substantially if the company employed them directly.

14 February, 2008Workers vote for AMWU representation for a fourth time yet the company still refuses workers the right to bargain collectively.

22 January, 2008From January 22 to January 26 millions of people, organisations, networks and trade unions from around the world will participate in a World Social Forum global day of action and mobilization to show that another world is possible.

22 January, 2008A tentative national collective agreement for metalworkers, reached on January 19, will now be voted on by all metalworkers in Italy.

16 January, 2008Police and military attack striking Cananea workers fighting for better wages and health and safety improvements.

16 January, 2008A global conference of worker representatives heard that while BHP Billiton's approach to unions varies from particular sites and across nations, the company seeks to undermine collective worker arrangements.

10 August, 2005The IMF seeks a satisfactory resolution for the workers and their union at a Toyota plant in the Philippines whose trade union rights have been violated by the company in an ongoing dispute.

4 June, 2002Workers and union leaders are arrested as Turkish company enrolls the help of the state in an attempt to break shipyard strike.

30 May, 2002Management at the company's auto assembly plant in Rayong is carrying out a campaign of anti-union activities.

29 May, 2002A two-year contract impasse has finally been resolved. Over 25,000 UAL employees approve the settlement.