12 September, 2000Last year, thousands of people worldwide were targeted for their trade union activities.

12 September, 2000The Belarus Automobile and Agricultural Machinery Workers' Union is not influenced by government attempts to sway Congress elections.

11 September, 2000Tadayoshi Kusano has replaced Teruhito Tokumoto as president of the IMF-JC.

5 November, 2000Numsa rejects company's restructuring plan and, if arbitration doesn't work, will declare an all-out strike.

2 November, 2000Talks will be held as Nissan announces the beginning of its recovery.

29 October, 2000Congress supports closer cooperation with the building workers' union.

26 October, 2000Tripartite commission reaches an agreement on working hours and week.

25 October, 2000A truly unified, social Europe must have a strong European trade union movement, but be part of the global discussion as well.

24 October, 2000IG Metall initiates plan to achieve a more just distribution of Germany's created wealth.

22 October, 2000Although global wealth is sharply increasing, the number of people living in acute poverty is also going up.