19 December, 2002Luiz Inácio da Silva, better known as Lula, has been elected president of Brazil. IMF secretariat member Toni Ferigo gives his personal account of the former leader of the IMF metal-worker affiliate CNM-CUT.
18 December, 2002The Costa Rican distributor of Mercedes-Benz fired workers who were trying to form a local of the union "ANTEP".
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".
3 November, 2002In advance of the 2005 merger between the metalworkers and the non-manual private sector union, they conduct joint negotiations with the employers.
28 October, 2002The IMF urges the Turkish government to use its influence to ensure the dispute is brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
22 October, 2002The IMF welcomes the initiative to coordinate the trade unions' role at the World Social Forum.
