1 septembre, 1999The contract negotiated by the Machinists and Boeing management has been endorsed by the union's membership and will thus avert a costly strike.

31 août, 1999After amosite (brown asbestos) and crocidolite (blue asbestos), now chrysotile is on its way out.

26 août, 1999IAM Boeing workers took to the street in the final week of contract talks between the union and the aircraft manufacturer.

25 août, 1999The president of the Finnish Metalworkers' Union favours levying a tax on short-term international capital transfers.

23 août, 1999Nothing happens when Europe is on vacation. It's summertime!

22 août, 1999Striking port and airport workers have been violently attacked by the police and armed forces, with many arrests carried out.

18 août, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation expresses its profound sympathy with the people of Turkey, and with all metalworkers and their families affected by one of the strongest earthquakes this century, and urges humanitarian support.

17 août, 1999Venezuela's new Constituent Assembly has drafted a decree providing for the dissolution of the country's national trade union organisation, the CTV.

20 février, 2000As many as 1,800 jobs will be lost with the elimination of one shift at the Dagenham plant.

16 février, 2000In a demonstration of international solidarity with their Australian colleagues, Korean trade unions are marching in Seoul.