29 May, 2001Workers are not seeking financial advantages from the decree on severance payment, but worker protection.

29 May, 2001Former president of the Finnish metalworkers receives distinguished title in acknowledgement of his contributions to society.

27 May, 2001Union opposes retrenchment policies of the government and says real wages and pension benefits must increase.

21 May, 2001Fred Derby, well-known trade union activist and legislator, has died at the age of 61.

21 May, 2001Negotiations between IAM negotiators for District 141 and United Airlines management have reached an impasse.

20 May, 2001Ilkka Joenpalo will preside the newly-merged Finnish white-collar union, whose membership is made up of 48 per cent women.

19 May, 2001IMF website covers the work of the 30th IMF World Congress.

15 March, 2001It is only the growth of an open and tolerant society, founded on respect for fundamental rights, that can give the citizens of the former Yugoslavia prospects for the future, writes Toni Ferigo, responsible for the Balkan region in the IMF Secretariat.

15 March, 2001A report from the IMF Executive Committee meeting in Geneva in December 2000.

14 March, 2001The following is the speech given by the IMF general secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, to the Steelworkers' conference on aluminium.