5 November, 2002Walkout called off as Korean government announces it will delay legislation dealing with the five-day workweek.

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.

20 March, 2009At Zlatoust Steel Plant ZSP in Russia steelworkers renew their hunger strike. Workers demand to return normal length of working day and level of wages and do not trust their management who violated own obligations. The trade union is looking for the ways to solve the conflict.

19 March, 2009Two sisters face up to six years imprisonment after their company targeted them for trying to organize precarious workers.

16 March, 2009Bulgarian union Metallicy restarted a series of protests seeking to save Bulgaria's largest steel plant Kremikovtzi and demanded from the government to develop restructuring and compensation programs.

5 February, 2009Protection contracts violate ILO Convention 87, says new complaint against Mexico submitted by IMF.

4 February, 2009ArcelorMittal workers have declared February 10 a day of action across Europe ahead of the company's expected declaration of shareholder profits.

22 May, 2009Executive Committee members met in Gothenburg to discuss future cooperation with Global Union Federations and put forward candidates to be elected by the IMF Congress delegates on Monday.