21 ноября, 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 ноября, 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.
1 сентября, 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 августа, 1999After amosite (brown asbestos) and crocidolite (blue asbestos), now chrysotile is on its way out.
26 августа, 1999IAM Boeing workers took to the street in the final week of contract talks between the union and the aircraft manufacturer.
25 августа, 1999The president of the Finnish Metalworkers' Union favours levying a tax on short-term international capital transfers.
22 августа, 1999Striking port and airport workers have been violently attacked by the police and armed forces, with many arrests carried out.
18 августа, 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.
