5 December, 2001The Norwegian Nobel Committee should use its authority to persuade the Korean goverment to release the imprisoned KMWF president, says Marcello Malentacchi in an open letter.

2 December, 2001About 6,000 Australian Workers' Union members at BHP Steel will walk off the job next Monday for 24 hours after a breakdown in enterprise bargaining talks.

21 October, 2001Union achieves a 7.75 per cent retroactive pay hike for inflation and a possible 2 per cent real wage increase.

18 October, 2001A KCTU report shows current figures for arrests and imprisonment carried out by the Kim Dae-jung government.

16 October, 2001IAM negotiators call the new contract one of the best in the light aerospace industry in recent years.

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.