Improved maternity protection18 June, 2000Highlights of the ILO annual conference were the passage of revisions in the Maternity Convention, and Resolutions on Burma and HIV/AIDS.
Fine slapped on Oregon Steel20 September, 2000U.S. steel company must pay for over one thousand health and safety violations.
Climate talks to reconvene14 February, 2001Following the failure of COP6 last November, discussions will resume this summer.
Major meeting for aluminium15 February, 2001The USWA is scheduling a conference with IMF affiliates to discuss changes of significance in this all-important industry.
Finnish trade unions sue company for US$7.7 million18 February, 2001A complaint was filed in court for the breach of the Finnish Act on Cooperation in Undertakings.
Urgent solidarity support requested for Daewoo27 February, 2001Outraged at the continued repression of protesting Daewoo workers in Korea, the IMF has sent a strong message to the Kim government and is again asking its affiliates to do likewise.
Metalworkers' union to block Slovak borders28 February, 2001KOVO will halt traffic on the busiest border crossings between the Slovak Republic and its neighbours.
New USWA international president sworn in28 February, 2001Leo Gerard has become the seventh international president of the 700,000-member steelworkers' union.
