13 November, 2001Congress vows international trade union action against the transnational metals and mining company.
12 November, 2001Bill Shorten, of the Australian Workers' Union, says that Australia's workplace laws and reform agenda are turning the country into an outcast of the developed world.
8 November, 2001Top official of British Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, in Australia for IMF Congress, returns to the UK because of the tragedy.
7 November, 2001Commission decides non-union contracts are discriminatory and victimise workers who choose collective bargaining rights.
5 November, 2001There is concern that the visa rejections are based on discrimination against delegates coming from Muslim African countries.
12 January, 2003Two-day walkout is a reaction against the company's unilateral increase in employee health-care costs.
7 January, 2003IMF French affiliate FGM-CGT asks its government to intervene on behalf of the AAM and REI.
