Zwickel: "Zero tolerance against right wing"2 August, 2000Klaus Zwickel, president of Germany's IG Metall, calls for "einer grosser Koalition" against right-wing extremism and xenophobia.
More jobs, smaller unions9 August, 2000Trade union membership in the labour force has declined in many countries, according to a U.N. report.
Survey 2000 is out15 October, 2000Yearly report by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions documents trade union rights violations and repression in 113 countries.
General strike in Italy18 October, 2000For the first time, the Italian trade unions are calling for a general strike to improve working conditions.
Indian steelworkers discuss globalisation23 October, 2000The impact of the liberalising economy was a main topic for debate at the SMEWFI convention.