28 February, 2001KOVO will halt traffic on the busiest border crossings between the Slovak Republic and its neighbours.

28 February, 2001Leo Gerard has become the seventh international president of the 700,000-member steelworkers' union.

27 February, 2001The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union is staging a demonstration in Sydney in protest at heavy-handed police repression of autoworkers in Korea.

21 February, 2001José Domingos Cardoso, nicknamed "Ferreirinha," has passed away after an illness of several months.

20 February, 2001Philips workers from 18 countries have discussed joint trade union strategies.

19 February, 2001This resolution was adopted at a workers' protest meeting in Minsk on February 14, 2001.

29 October, 2000Congress supports closer cooperation with the building workers' union.

26 October, 2000Tripartite commission reaches an agreement on working hours and week.

25 October, 2000A truly unified, social Europe must have a strong European trade union movement, but be part of the global discussion as well.

24 October, 2000IG Metall initiates plan to achieve a more just distribution of Germany's created wealth.