30 mayo, 1999This is the first time ILO standards have been the subject of a shareholder resolution.

30 mayo, 1999The merger was approved in mid-April.

27 mayo, 1999EUROPEAN UNION: The Technical Committee of the European Union voted, on May 4, to ban chrysotile, or white asbestos, throughout the entire European Union.

3 mayo, 1999GENEVA: IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi states that the solution for Yugoslavia is the integration of the Balkans into the European Union.

2 mayo, 2012IMF Czech affiliate Metalworkers' Federation OS KOVO successfully concluded a new agreement for Skoda workers. The agreement provides for wage increases and is valid through the end of March 2013.

7 mayo, 2012Bringing together Alcoa's global union network the day before the company's annual shareholders' meeting paid dividends for workers. Alcoa's Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld met with union leaders and committed to improving dialogue with unions including the global network.

4 mayo, 2012Observing International Workers' Memorial Day on April 27, 2012, at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, affiliates of BWI and IMF called on Mr.Oommen Chandy, Hon'ble Chief Minister, Government of Kerala to ban asbestos in the state.

3 mayo, 2012May Day was a day of global mobilization and a resonant call on governments to focus on creating decent, sustainable jobs to protect workers' rights. May Day brought out hundreds of thousands of workers all over the globe.

3 mayo, 2012The Supreme Court rules in favour of the union. The government must now officially recognise Napoleón Gómez as general secretary.

3 mayo, 2012Over 30,000 manufacturing workers warned employers with strikes across Germany after the negotiations between IG Metall and the employers' association, Gesamtmetall, came to a deadlock at the end of April.