20 July, 2000A high profile campaign is underway in Australia to save the National OHS Commission from decimation by the conservative government.

17 July, 2000IMF regional representative for Southeast Asia, P. Arunasalam, wonders whether the trade unions have sidelined the issue of child labour.

13 July, 2000Job discrimination against women must be eliminated says Pakistan union.

13 July, 2000A violent assault on trade union members of Lomenik-SBSI shows the sad reality of trade union rights in Indonesia.

12 July, 2000Trade unions believe the government is bent on wiping them out.

12 July, 2000The ICFTU says it will "turn up the heat" to get a worldwide ban on the use of asbestos.

20 December, 1999A high participation rate in the partial general strike has sent a strong message to the government.

19 December, 1999After laying off the total workforce, ARMET acts illegally by offering only partial compensation.

15 December, 1999IG Metall is pressing for lowering the retirement age to 60.

13 December, 1999All arrested sit-in activists of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions have been released, and the union has redoubled its efforts to continue the protest action.