6 March, 2000IG Metall has signed an agreement with the German multinational which guarantees minimum social standards.

29 November, 1999A group representing the IMF shipbuilding working party will examine conditions and trade union rights at shipbreaking sites in India.

24 November, 1999Many activities are planned alongside the WTO conference in order for trade unions to make known their own agenda.

23 November, 1999The IMF Regional Office in Santiago, Chile, will open a regional website in Spanish and Portuguese.

22 November, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation welcomes the news that the KCTU has, at long last, received legal union status.

18 November, 1999Swiss workers will fight by all means to preserve their jobs.

17 November, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation strongly urges the Nigerian government to rehabilitate steel companies which are potentially profitable and could empower Nigeria in the drive towards indigenous industrialisation.

16 November, 1999The IMF holds a meeting in Romania to raise the awareness of decision-makers to the need to include a social dimension to restructuring and offer hope to workers.

15 November, 1999First-ever bargaining pact for a three-year period has been reached between the unions and Ford.

14 November, 1999Trade unionists representing unions organising Matsushita workers gather for the Regional Matsushita Council Meeting for Asia and the Pacific.