29 November, 2001Company says that cuts in the workforce are a result of a slump in orders following the 11 September attacks in the USA.
28 November, 2001Addressing the congress of the Federation of Independent Russian Trade Unions (FNPR), president Putin urged unions to shoulder their share of responsibility for implementing reforms he said were vital for the country's future prosperity.
28 November, 2001The IMF will organise a task force to decide on action to bring the government of Korea to release trade unionists.
21 November, 2001Guy Ryder, current Chief of Cabinet at the ILO, has been appointed acting General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), replacing Bill Jordan.
21 November, 2001The workers at Volkswagen's plant in Sao Bernardo in Brazil voted Wednesday to accept a management offer to cut salaries and working hours by 15 percent to save 3,000 jobs and pave the way for a modernisation of the plant.
5 June, 2002The union representing construction equipment operators has signed the first of six collective contracts for their branch.
4 June, 2002Workers and union leaders are arrested as Turkish company enrolls the help of the state in an attempt to break shipyard strike.
30 May, 2002Management at the company's auto assembly plant in Rayong is carrying out a campaign of anti-union activities.
29 May, 2002A two-year contract impasse has finally been resolved. Over 25,000 UAL employees approve the settlement.
