14 August, 200720 SNTMMSRM members wounded, 15 detained, 1 dead

7 August, 2007Identifies strategies for improved social and environmental conditions.

12 September, 2007Within a two week period, five workers die due to unsafe working conditions.

27 July, 2007As many as 600 workers will be out of work at one of the oldest Ford facilities in Australia by 2010, further 3,500 other jobs will also be lost.

6 July, 2007China enacts new Labour Contract Law that could improve workers' rights if rigorously enforced.

28 September, 2003The number of Export Processing Zones in the world has increased six-fold since 1995. Largely unorganised, their employees work under poor wages and conditions, with little or no access to unions. The challenge faced by the trade union movement is to find ways to organise workers in EPZs.

27 May, 2003

22 May, 2003Canadian auto union is deeply disappointed and blames the government.

19 May, 2003The 14-member CBC unions open national negotiations with General Electric.

12 May, 2003Yao Fuxin and Xiao Yunliang receive long prison terms for their participation in a peaceful workers' protest.