7 March, 2002A two-year contract offering improved conditions has been signed at the BHP Billiton-owned nickel mine.

15 October, 2001Strikes are suspended as carmakers agree to resume wage talks.

14 October, 2001

14 October, 2001In his new opinion column, the general secretary of the International Metalworkers' Federation discusses the theme of the upcoming IMF Congress and the need for economic and social development.

9 October, 2001Numsa members down tools at the BHP Billiton chrome alloys subsidiary.

8 October, 2001More than 200 trade unionists were assassinated last year, reveals the ICFTU 2001 Survey.

8 October, 2001To boost their wage demands, unions target auto production at some of the leading car companies.

4 October, 2001French metalworkers at Moulinex want the prime minister and his government to hear their demands.

4 October, 2001Workers at Robert Bosch-Breaks-Alferrarede will strike for 24 hours.

3 October, 2001The UAW describes how U.S. management "barraged workers with distorted, misleading, wrong information" about the union.