29 October, 2001With the decrease in orders, the VW European Works Council has passed a resolution demanding that governments launch an incentives programme.

25 October, 2001The Geneva-based labour organisation is holding its first global employment forum.

24 October, 2001The company says pay and work hours must be cut or jobs will go.

24 October, 2001The main theme for the International Metalworkers' Federation Congress, to take place in Sydney, Australia, from November 11-15, will be "Solidarity for Metalworking Jobs and Sustainable Growth".

23 October, 2001In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks against the USA, repercussions on jobs in the aviation and tourism industries have taken on crisis proportions.

23 October, 2001The automaker needs to cut costs due to declining sales and financial losses.

22 October, 2001The International Metalworkers' Federation has protested to both the government of Mozambique and to Billiton.

22 October, 2001Although some jobs will be saved, thousands of others will disappear both in France and beyond its borders.

24 February, 2002Job security takes top spot in this year's "Shunto", as some IMF-JC unions will not be requesting a basic wage increase.

20 February, 2002By filing for bankruptcy at a U.S. plant, the French-based auto parts supplier is attempting to renege on the collective agreement.