7 January, 2001Union reacts to auto company's plans to lay off workers.

17 December, 2000Leo Gerard will take over as union president after the departure of George Becker.

14 December, 2000General Motors intends to eliminate 6,000 jobs in Europe, with the main impact on its Vauxhall plant in Luton.

14 December, 2000An ILO meeting has issued a statement noting the many violations of trade union rights in Belarus.

13 December, 2000An editorial in the Financial Times regarding an EU directive on consultation rights draws sharp reaction from the IMF.

12 December, 2000Europe's last dictator, the Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, is trying to get the trade unions under his own control. But the violations have made them more united than ever.

12 December, 2000Negotiations for a collective agreement for the Ulsan shipyard workers have reopened.

12 December, 2000Vauxhall unions will resist by whatever means the closure of the Luton plant.

12 December, 2000Three different local trade unions, one blue-collar and two white-collar, have begun close cooperation at one of the Swedish multinationals, Ericsson Microwave Systems, in Mölndal.

6 December, 2000The trade union demonstration in Nice was fantastic, says the IMF president, Klaus Zwickel.