15 diciembre, 1999The current situation at the VMZ company of unpaid wages and employment insecurity is leading to increasing social tension which could easily result in civil protests.

15 diciembre, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions have sent a joint open letter to the Socialist International.

14 diciembre, 1999

14 diciembre, 1999The IMF general secretary speaks out strongly in favour of re-electing Ruth Dreifuss to the governing Swiss Federal Council.

12 diciembre, 1999As most of the resources used for interventions by the "other" IMF -- the International Monetary Fund -- comes from workers' pension funds, why shouldn't workers' organisations have a say in how this IMF operates?

9 diciembre, 1999For simply trying to improve their working conditions, Indonesian trade unionists are being charged with criminal acts.

8 diciembre, 1999IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi expresses his great concern about the situation for the Korean trade union movement.

5 diciembre, 1999Four workers have lost their lives in a shipbreaking yard in the southwest province of Baluchistan.

6 abril, 2000"Globalising Social Justice - Trade Unionism in the 21st Century" was the central theme for the five-day ICFTU Congress.

3 abril, 2000The IMF's two affiliates in the Republic of Korea have organised a joint seminar on occupational health and safety.