30 July, 2000The metal industry employs approximately 70 million workers worldwide. It is a driving force of the world economy. Forecasts up to the year 2005 say that the number of persons employed in the metal industry will be less.
20 June, 2000Unions representing over 800,000 members have affiliated to the International Metalworkers' Federation.
19 June, 2000South Korea is on its way up again after the Asian economic crisis. Industrial workers are once again at the forefront. The country's greatest resource is its hard-working, inventive people.
18 June, 2000New technology gives the trade unions a new possibility to unite white- and blue-collar workers, writes Marcello Malentacchi under IMF opinion.
18 June, 2000Highlights of the ILO annual conference were the passage of revisions in the Maternity Convention, and Resolutions on Burma and HIV/AIDS.
14 June, 2000The changeover in Estonia, from a Soviet-controlled communist planned economy to a capitalistic market economy, has been hard on the trade unions in this small country. Industries have shrunk and trade union membership has decreased.
14 June, 2000There will be harmful consequences if German industry does not pay its share for past slave labour.
13 June, 2000The theme of the IMF Central Committee meeting in Birmingham will be "Trade and Sustainable Growth and Development."
