24 septiembre, 2001The IMF general secretary says the time has come to bring an end to the issue of organising electronics workers in this country.

19 septiembre, 2001Tens of thousands of jobs will be cut as part of the fallout from the terrorist attacks in the U.S. last week.

17 septiembre, 2001Klaus Zwickel is the toolmaker from Heilbronn, near Stuttgart, who became president of the German IG Metall and the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF). His way of being was coined by the red sixties.

29 noviembre, 2001Company says that cuts in the workforce are a result of a slump in orders following the 11 September attacks in the USA.

28 noviembre, 2001Addressing the congress of the Federation of Independent Russian Trade Unions (FNPR), president Putin urged unions to shoulder their share of responsibility for implementing reforms he said were vital for the country's future prosperity.

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

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

21 noviembre, 2001Guy Ryder, current Chief of Cabinet at the ILO, has been appointed acting General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), replacing Bill Jordan.

21 noviembre, 2001The workers at Volkswagen's plant in Sao Bernardo in Brazil voted Wednesday to accept a management offer to cut salaries and working hours by 15 percent to save 3,000 jobs and pave the way for a modernisation of the plant.

19 noviembre, 2001ABC Metalworkers' union have reached an agreement with VW to end the strike at Volkswagen's plant in Sao Bernardo in Brazil. The agreement will prevent layoffs, but will also lead to reduction in salaries.