15 October, 2002With the framework for a tentative agreement in place at DaimlerChrysler, the CAW completes its Big Three auto bargaining.

14 October, 2002A world conference to fight discrimination based on sexual orientation and other forms of discrimination will convene in Sydney.

13 October, 2002Since April, 368 workers remain suspended from their jobs after conducting a legal strike.

10 October, 2002After the trade unions' unified stance against earlier government attempts to bring in anti-social reforms, a viable social security system has now been adopted.

16 December, 2002In Marcello Malentacchi's just-published opinion column, he describes the IMF Executive Committee's recent visit to the maquiladoras of northern Mexico.

15 December, 2002Shipyard workers who were fired for refusing to resign their membership in Dok-Gemi-Is win legal fight for compensation.

11 December, 2002The nine trade union leaders were detained while attending a symposium of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.

9 December, 2002The IMF's Japanese affiliate has decided not to seek a unified basic monthly pay hike during next spring's "shunto".

4 December, 2002Projects are being set up to train union trainers and create education systems within the individual unions.

1 December, 2002The IMF has launched a Russian-language website, targeting trade unionists in the republics of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic states.