20 December, 1999A high participation rate in the partial general strike has sent a strong message to the government.

19 December, 1999After laying off the total workforce, ARMET acts illegally by offering only partial compensation.

15 December, 1999IG Metall is pressing for lowering the retirement age to 60.

13 December, 1999All arrested sit-in activists of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions have been released, and the union has redoubled its efforts to continue the protest action.

13 December, 1999CAW boycott campaign and plant occupation have been called off.

12 December, 1999In his new opinion column, "this" IMF's General Secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, speaks of the need for reform of the "other" IMF, with convincing arguments.

7 December, 1999The Federation of Hungarian Metalworkers' Union (VASAS) has elected Károly Szoke as its new president, to succeed Lazlo Paszternak.

26 July, 2000Mozambique's main labour union called off plans for a national strike on Wednesday after a deal with government late on Tuesday

25 July, 20002.730 mine workers in China have been killed so far only this year.

20 July, 2000A high profile campaign is underway in Australia to save the National OHS Commission from decimation by the conservative government.