27 September, 1999Australian trade unions and churches have led in the campaign to put pressure on the Australian government to help protect the East Timorese people.
26 August, 1999IAM Boeing workers took to the street in the final week of contract talks between the union and the aircraft manufacturer.
25 August, 1999The president of the Finnish Metalworkers' Union favours levying a tax on short-term international capital transfers.
22 August, 1999Striking port and airport workers have been violently attacked by the police and armed forces, with many arrests carried out.
18 August, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation expresses its profound sympathy with the people of Turkey, and with all metalworkers and their families affected by one of the strongest earthquakes this century, and urges humanitarian support.
17 August, 1999Venezuela's new Constituent Assembly has drafted a decree providing for the dissolution of the country's national trade union organisation, the CTV.
16 August, 1999The former president of the Korean Metal Workers' Federation, Dan Byung-ho, was released from prison in a special amnesty on August 15.
14 August, 1999The soccer team comprised of South Korean workers returned home Saturday to face questioning by the prosecution after playing soccer matches with its North Korean counterpart.
