29 May, 2000Dispute began when a new work policy was introduced with no prior consultation.

28 May, 2000The process for keeping a check on the labour rights situation in the Republic of Korea will be maintained.

24 May, 2000The tentative agreement for the private sector has been balloted.

22 May, 2000The KCTU, to which the IMF-affiliated Korean Metal Workers' Federation is a prominent member, is scheduling a general strike.

1 February, 2001The IMF Philips World Council will focus on industrial relations with the giant electrical and electronics multinational.

1 February, 2001The Anglo-Dutch steel company will make 6,050 U.K. workers redundant, with South Wales to be the hardest hit.

30 January, 2001Four-year contract negotiated in 1999 provides job and income security.

30 January, 2001When the 400 workers at the Turkish auto parts company joined the trade union, management fired the entire workforce.

28 January, 2001Information and communications technology (ICT) provides a possibility to improve women's lives, says a new ILO report.

28 January, 2001Klaus Zwickel, president of the German metalworkers' union IG Metall, has given the starting signal for a three-year continuing debate, "Without Taboos."