9 января, 2001Labour rights lawyer, Xu Jian, sentenced to four years in prison for giving legal advice and assistance to workers.

7 января, 2001Union reacts to auto company's plans to lay off workers.

17 декабря, 2000Leo Gerard will take over as union president after the departure of George Becker.

14 декабря, 2000General Motors intends to eliminate 6,000 jobs in Europe, with the main impact on its Vauxhall plant in Luton.

14 декабря, 2000An ILO meeting has issued a statement noting the many violations of trade union rights in Belarus.

13 декабря, 2000An editorial in the Financial Times regarding an EU directive on consultation rights draws sharp reaction from the IMF.

12 декабря, 2000Europe's last dictator, the Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, is trying to get the trade unions under his own control. But the violations have made them more united than ever.

12 декабря, 2000Negotiations for a collective agreement for the Ulsan shipyard workers have reopened.

12 декабря, 2000Vauxhall unions will resist by whatever means the closure of the Luton plant.

12 декабря, 2000Three different local trade unions, one blue-collar and two white-collar, have begun close cooperation at one of the Swedish multinationals, Ericsson Microwave Systems, in Mölndal.