28 February, 2001Leo Gerard has become the seventh international president of the 700,000-member steelworkers' union.

27 February, 2001The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union is staging a demonstration in Sydney in protest at heavy-handed police repression of autoworkers in Korea.

21 February, 2001José Domingos Cardoso, nicknamed "Ferreirinha," has passed away after an illness of several months.

29 October, 2000Congress supports closer cooperation with the building workers' union.

26 October, 2000Tripartite commission reaches an agreement on working hours and week.

25 October, 2000A truly unified, social Europe must have a strong European trade union movement, but be part of the global discussion as well.

24 October, 2000IG Metall initiates plan to achieve a more just distribution of Germany's created wealth.

22 October, 2000Although global wealth is sharply increasing, the number of people living in acute poverty is also going up.

18 October, 2000Workers at the Sao Jose dos Pinhais (Curitiba) plant have downed their tools over pay and working time.

18 October, 2000After seven long months of bargaining dispute at Joy Mining Machinery, workers and their union achieve extraordinary feat.