21 May, 2000The IMF is sponsoring exhibition of metalworker artist.

18 May, 2000The government of Serbia ordered the confiscation of union materials and equipment.

17 May, 2000IG Metall gives green light for debate on the future.

16 May, 2000Trade unions are pressing the government to ratify ILO Convention No. 182 on worst forms of child labour.

15 May, 2000

14 May, 2000Erkki Vuorenmaa is taking over the helm from Per-Erik Lundh.

10 May, 2000Skopje was the venue for an IMF/EMF Balkan conference to discuss the stability pact and the role of the trade unions.

8 May, 2000Today, 84,600 private sector workers are going back to work.

10 August, 2005The IMF seeks a satisfactory resolution for the workers and their union at a Toyota plant in the Philippines whose trade union rights have been violated by the company in an ongoing dispute.

18 June, 2001The leaders of the trade union at the Resita steel plant decide to adopt a hunger strike beginning June 19, 2001.