17 September, 2002During two weeks in June, the IMF's second Summer School took place in Chexbres and Geneva. 23 trade unionists from 17 countries briefed one another on their respective organisations; discussed globalisation and the challenges for the trade union movement and paid visits to Swiss metal industries.
17 September, 2002Boonwat Sodok is a metalworker at a car parts manufacturer in Bangkok, Thailand. After being hit by the "Asian crisis" in 1997, Thailand is slowly recovering, and once again attracting foreign investors.
15 September, 2002Members of the IMF-affiliated International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) refuse to ratify company offer but decline industrial action.
21 July, 2002The FTUB leadership elects deputy head of Lukashenko's presidential administration as the trade union federation's new president.
16 July, 2002The Canadian Auto Workers have signed an agreement ending a six-week strike at truckmaker Navistar International Corp.
10 July, 2002Four union activists went back to work today thanks to a strong fight by their union and to international solidarity.
2 July, 2002Two more trade union leaders have been released from prison as a result of international solidarity action on June 27.
23 June, 2002In 2005, when the doors for the 31st IMF World Congress open in Vienna, Austria, the host will be a trade union which does not yet exist. Rudolf Nürnberger, president of the Metall-Textil trade union, has begun to manage a giant logistic adventure: merging several trade union cultures into one, consisting of both blue- and white-collar workers.
