27 August, 2001German carmaker will hire and train 3,500 workers in Wolfsburg and possibly a further 1,500 in Hanover.

26 August, 2001Numsa negotiates a 9 per cent pay increase for its 21,000 members at BMW, Nissan, Toyota, Delta/General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen.

22 August, 2001In the continuing strike in the auto industry, Numsa has succeeded in getting the employers up to 9 per cent across the board.

21 August, 2001The tragic shootings at Zisco Steel occurred during a sit-in at the state majority-owned company.

20 August, 2001Over 12,000 of VW's 16,000 workers at the Puebla plant have downed their tools.

19 August, 2001In his latest opinion column, the IMF general secretary underlines the importance of international trade union solidarity support.

15 August, 2001German DaimlerChrysler workers and their General Works Council will refuse a transfer of production from South Africa to Germany.

1 August, 2001The German metalworkers' union says that VW's new jobs' proposition undercuts present wages and working conditions.

1 August, 2001Workers and trade unions will mark the first day of the WTO Qatar conference with their unwillingness to accept the negative effects of globalisation.

29 July, 2001Is it only the economic turbulence, or the consequence of the last attempt by the TNC to reorganise?