23 April, 2002Wage talks collapse. Union says employers' latest offer remains "provocative".

22 April, 2002With 20,000 more jobs to go, the company is taking drastic measures.

21 April, 2002Military police, using batons and teargas, assault workers in front of the Camaçari plant in Bahia.

21 April, 2002The one-day countrywide strike paralysed industrial activity throughout the country.

17 April, 2002A majority of the union's members vote in favour of a provisional agreement between General Motors and Daewoo Motor Company.

15 April, 2002

11 April, 2002The ICU in Ghana has won its long fight against the former government, which tried to destabilise the union and its leadership.

27 June, 200223 South Korean trade unionists have been arrested during the World Championship in football.

26 June, 2002June 27, thousands of trade unionists around the world took protest action calling for the immediate release of imprisoned trade unionists in South Korea.

23 June, 2002Following international solidarity actions, Mun Sung-hyun was set free from his detention in Seoul. He now wants to spend as much time as possible with his family.