24 January, 2000Following a complaint lodged with the Geneva-based labour organisation, Pakistani workers hope to see the restoration of their workplace rights.
19 January, 2000Unions are attempting to prevent the mineral and metals multinational from introducing individual contracts for staff in BHP's iron ore mining operations in western Australia.
18 January, 2000Chile's newly-elected president promises to work towards the elimination of the inequities and suffering of the 20th century.
18 January, 2000The ILO is changing. Its structure will be transformed as well, but not necessarily for the better.
16 January, 2000Three hundred workers lose their jobs as Makonka Electronics closes plant in Malaysia.
16 January, 2000The Australian multinational BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary) has changed its tune, from one of a "cooperative approach with the unions" to that of assaulting workers' rights.
6 April, 2000Production in all South Korean car plants has come to a standstill, as the April workers' "struggle" gets underway.
5 April, 2000World trade union leaders will discuss major issues affecting their membership in the steel industry at IMF conference.
5 April, 2000A new website -- www.global-unions.org -- to be run by the international trade union movement was launched on April 6, 2000.
