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Campaign to save white goods jobs in Australia

5 noviembre, 2001Workers in Australia will be forming links with co-workers from Electrolux in Sweden to protect jobs and workers' rights in Australia and around the world.

Serious explosion at steel plant in Wales

8 noviembre, 2001Top official of British Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, in Australia for IMF Congress, returns to the UK because of the tragedy.

KMWF president imprisoned

26 noviembre, 2001President Sung-hyun Mun, KMWF, has been taken to prison in Seoul.

IMF statement on imprisonment of KMWF president

28 noviembre, 2001The IMF will organise a task force to decide on action to bring the government of Korea to release trade unionists.

Conclusions of the IMF Congress

4 diciembre, 2001In his new opinion column, the IMF general secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, concludes that the Congress in Sydney was the best that the IMF has ever organised.

IG Metall seek<br>5-7 % wage increase

10 diciembre, 2001German metalworkers' trade union recommends a pay rise next year of between 5 and 7 per cent. Employers' association says the claim is "ignoring economic reality".

Finnish company Wärtsilä to close plant in Netherlands

20 diciembre, 2001The IMF's Dutch affiliate has requested an investigation as to the possible violation of OECD Guildelines on Multinational Companies.

Framework agreement signed with Italian multinational

7 enero, 2002Merloni Elettrodomestici is the first company worldwide to sign an international framework agreement in the metalworking industry.

Further appeal for support for Belarus trade unions

9 enero, 2002Government passes ruling in contradiction to the country's Constitution, decisions of the Constitutional Court, Labour Code and trade union laws.

UAW in southern victory

30 enero, 2003DaimlerChrysler Freightliner workers in North Carolina show their support for the union.

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