28 May, 2001The former UAW International Affairs director will be honoured with Sweden's highest award given to a foreigner.

21 May, 2001The IMF Executive Committee has endorsed a major project for the information and communications technology (ICT) sector.

20 May, 2001Workers and their trade unions put more pressure on the government in the second all-out 24-hour strike within a month.

17 May, 2001Four-year action programme and initiative for ICT sector are on the agenda for meeting in Venice.

16 May, 2001Redundancies will take over NZ$2 million a year out of the local economy in wages alone.

16 May, 2001Newly-formed organisation will be Finland's largest union for non-manual workers.

25 October, 2001The Geneva-based labour organisation is holding its first global employment forum.

24 October, 2001The company says pay and work hours must be cut or jobs will go.

24 October, 2001The main theme for the International Metalworkers' Federation Congress, to take place in Sydney, Australia, from November 11-15, will be "Solidarity for Metalworking Jobs and Sustainable Growth".

23 October, 2001In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks against the USA, repercussions on jobs in the aviation and tourism industries have taken on crisis proportions.