15 November, 1999First-ever bargaining pact for a three-year period has been reached between the unions and Ford.

14 November, 1999Trade unionists representing unions organising Matsushita workers gather for the Regional Matsushita Council Meeting for Asia and the Pacific.

10 November, 1999It looks as though the Socialist International (SI) does not want contact with the international trade unions anymore, writes IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi in his new column under IMF Opinion on this website.

9 November, 1999The Austrian metalworkers' union successfully negotiated its 1999 autumn pay round in just one week.

24 January, 2000The theme for the KMWF convention was "Building an Industrial Union -- Empowerment of the Workers".

20 January, 2000IMF writes to multinationals selling their products through a Ghanaian company to call to order their distributor.

18 January, 2000Tripartite cooperation must continue to be the rule that governs the ILO, says the IMF general secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, in his new column.

17 January, 2000Tomoyuki Fukuma, a well-known former trade unionist and member of Parliament in Japan, was highly respected by the international trade union movement.

17 January, 2000The United Auto Workers' union has announced that 1999 was one of their most successful organising years ever.

11 January, 2000The world's biggest trade union, the German IG Metall, has presented its demands in the new millennium's first wage negotiations.