21 November, 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 November, 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.
3 October, 2001The president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, imprisoned for his trade union activities, was due for release on October 3.
30 September, 2001The IMF asks the Swiss-based Glencore International to intervene with its Peruvian zinc mining subsidiary to ensure respect for fundamental workers' and trade union rights.
30 September, 2001With the upcoming union election at the company's plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, management misrepresents the union case.
26 September, 2001Pakistan Workers' Confederation express solidarity with the government's policy and stance regarding the fight against terrorism.
25 September, 2001French metalworkers' union stresses importance of maintaining France's electrical appliance industry.
