19 March, 2003Workers strap themselves to their machines to keep assets of bankrupt company from leaving plant.

16 March, 2003Protests continue since the steel group announced its restructuring plans in January.

12 March, 2003Labour-management agreement points to victory for the trade union.

6 March, 2003The union's main concerns in the negotiations dealt with pensions, contracting out and seniority.

27 February, 2003With no budgeting or other provisions for health and safety, workplace accidents and job-related health problems are steadily increasing.

7 January, 2003The AMWU has launched a campaign for women workers in the manufacturing industry.

6 January, 2003

6 January, 2003

19 December, 2002Workers in the majority of European countries abandoned their trade unions in the 1990s. For the Finnish Metalworkers' Union the situation has been the opposite. The deep recession and mass unemployment at the start of the decade was followed by a unique increase in members, especially among young metalworkers. Metal World visited the northern outpost of Oulu, Finland's Silicon Valley.

19 December, 2002Dutch electronics transnational to transfer optical storage production to Taiwan.