21 April, 2002Military police, using batons and teargas, assault workers in front of the Camaçari plant in Bahia.

21 April, 2002The one-day countrywide strike paralysed industrial activity throughout the country.

17 April, 2002A majority of the union's members vote in favour of a provisional agreement between General Motors and Daewoo Motor Company.

1 June, 2003Hundreds of thousands of trade union members expected to strike over government attempts to increase retirement age.

27 May, 2003Vital issues which could help the world's afflicted populations will undoubtedly not be on meeting agenda.

27 May, 2003Participants challenge the conditions of general silence and submissiveness in the country.

22 May, 2003The GMB says the UK government's proposed legislation doesn't go far enough.

15 May, 2003José Rodriguez, a vice-president of the IMF, has been suspended from his Executive Committee post.

5 May, 2003Over one million trade union members strike over government attempts to increase retirement age.

27 April, 2003All trade unionists everywhere have a responsibility in strengthening international solidarity, and helping to work towards a sustainable peace.