14 December, 2000Avondale shipbuilding workers have approved the terms of their first union contract.

12 December, 2000Mari-Ann Krantz, SIF, Sweden, is one of three female trade union presidents within the IMF. She is critizing the old-fashioned trade union structure with different organisations for manual and non-manual workers.

12 December, 2000The metalworkers' database report is the fruit of a close cooperation between the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) and the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and affiliated organisations.

16 August, 2001USWA takes extraordinary step of entering early negotiations.

14 August, 2001The Swiss metalworkers' union has criticised the transnational electrical engineering group over its plan to cut 12,000 jobs.

14 August, 2001IMF urges solidarity with its South African affiliate.

11 August, 2001The vast majority of ICT enterprises are small or medium sized, but there are also very large, well-known companies like IBM, Compaq, Nokia, Sony, and Microsoft.

9 August, 2001The Italian metal union FIOM has underlined its commitment to the guarantee of peaceful demonstration.

8 August, 2001The deal will boost the campaign by Australian trade unions to protect workers' entitlements.

5 August, 2001The first day of industrial action in South Africa's car manufacturing industry has been an unqualified success.