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CO-industri strikes<br>deal with employers

1 febrero, 2000The new collective agreement offers substantial improvements over the next four years.

Company ordered to pay<br>following closure

6 febrero, 2000Malaysia's Labour Department says U.S. managing director is barred from leaving the country until 2,100 workers receive compensation.

Strike at Ford UK

14 febrero, 2000The professional staff of Ford UK, represented by the MSF and T&G, are taking industrial action and the Ford European and German Works Councils are backing them.

Korean unions join<br>BHP workers' struggle

16 febrero, 2000In a demonstration of international solidarity with their Australian colleagues, Korean trade unions are marching in Seoul.

IMF to gain new members

17 febrero, 2000Two additional Russian trade unions have opted to apply for affiliation to the International Metalworkers' Federation.

Ford downsizes in the UK

20 febrero, 2000As many as 1,800 jobs will be lost with the elimination of one shift at the Dagenham plant.

Six one-day strikes

15 septiembre, 1999Strikes in the entire auto sector are being jointly organised by the IMF's Brazilian affiliates, CNM-CUT and CNTM-Força Sindical, in support of their demands for a new collective agreement.

KCTU chooses new leader

19 septiembre, 1999Dan Byung-ho, former president of the IMF-affiliated Korean Metal Workers' Federation, has been elected president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions.

Exchange pact agreed

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

Recognition still unresolved

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

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