Toyota workers unite21 March, 2006Trade unions unite for the reinstatement of 124 sacked Toyota workers in the Philippines.
International fact-finding mission visits Mexico26 June, 2006Team to investigate illegal government takeover of Mexican metalworkers' union
IMF EC member suspended15 May, 2003José Rodriguez, a vice-president of the IMF, has been suspended from his Executive Committee post.
"G-8 summit useless for poor"27 May, 2003Vital issues which could help the world's afflicted populations will undoubtedly not be on meeting agenda.
Belarus affiliates hold protest27 May, 2003Participants challenge the conditions of general silence and submissiveness in the country.
Export processing zones - Globalisation's great deceit28 September, 2003The number of Export Processing Zones in the world has increased six-fold since 1995. Largely unorganised, their employees work under poor wages and conditions, with little or no access to unions. The challenge faced by the trade union movement is to find ways to organise workers in EPZs.
IMF seminar examines needs of non-manual workers13 November, 2003Non-manual occupations account for an ever-increasing share of employment in the metal industries.
"Move ahead with the discussion"15 January, 2004At the World Social Forum, trade unions must present alternatives to the current globalisation. Employment is a key factor for genuine development, says the IMF general secretary.
Court rules in favour of Turkish workers15 December, 2002Shipyard workers who were fired for refusing to resign their membership in Dok-Gemi-Is win legal fight for compensation.
A Country with a Difference19 December, 2002Workers in the majority of European countries abandoned their trade unions in the 1990s. For the Finnish Metalworkers' Union the situation has been the opposite. The deep recession and mass unemployment at the start of the decade was followed by a unique increase in members, especially among young metalworkers. Metal World visited the northern outpost of Oulu, Finland's Silicon Valley.
