15 December, 1999The current situation at the VMZ company of unpaid wages and employment insecurity is leading to increasing social tension which could easily result in civil protests.

15 December, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions have sent a joint open letter to the Socialist International.

14 December, 1999

14 December, 1999The IMF general secretary speaks out strongly in favour of re-electing Ruth Dreifuss to the governing Swiss Federal Council.

16 May, 2000Trade unions are pressing the government to ratify ILO Convention No. 182 on worst forms of child labour.

15 May, 2000

14 May, 2000Erkki Vuorenmaa is taking over the helm from Per-Erik Lundh.

10 May, 2000Skopje was the venue for an IMF/EMF Balkan conference to discuss the stability pact and the role of the trade unions.

8 May, 2000Today, 84,600 private sector workers are going back to work.

3 May, 2000A government manual "advises" senior civil servants on negotiating tactics.