21 November, 2001The workers at Volkswagen's plant in Sao Bernardo in Brazil voted Wednesday to accept a management offer to cut salaries and working hours by 15 percent to save 3,000 jobs and pave the way for a modernisation of the plant.
19 November, 2001ABC Metalworkers' union have reached an agreement with VW to end the strike at Volkswagen's plant in Sao Bernardo in Brazil. The agreement will prevent layoffs, but will also lead to reduction in salaries.
13 November, 2001800 delegates from 100 countries adopt a statement on the struggle against terrorism.
12 November, 2001Management has refused to reverse its decision to lay off 11 per cent of its Brazilian workforce.
5 November, 2001Workers in Australia will be forming links with co-workers from Electrolux in Sweden to protect jobs and workers' rights in Australia and around the world.
4 November, 2001Union continues to fight for the right to organise electronics workers in a national organisation.
16 May, 2002When male colleagues refused to stop watching pornographic films during the lunch break, she had to eat in the toilet.
12 May, 2002IG Metall receives strong international trade union support, as the country's biggest strike action in seven years enters its second week.
7 May, 2002The union representing workers at the company's contract manufacturing plant in Shah Alam agrees to call off picket following settlement of dispute.
