2 декабря, 1999In order to serve its new affiliates in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the International Metalworkers' Federation will open an office in Moscow.

1 декабря, 1999A project office will be set up to assist in organising and affiliating metalworkers in Mexico.

30 ноября, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation condemns the Australian government's attempts to destroy metalworkers' unions.

30 ноября, 1999An international metalworkers' official says that the World Trade Organisation's meeting will mark a watershed in changing public perceptions about international trade and how it affects us all.

29 ноября, 1999The MSF has announced plans to form one giant manufacturing union with the AEEU.

28 ноября, 1999IG Metall rejects Vodafone's hostile takeover bid of the German industrial giant Mannesmann.

25 ноября, 1999With the government and employers sticking to their old positions, the trade unions are determined to have their say.

23 ноября, 1999After police and military brutalised strikers in August, it is now the union which is being arraigned in court.

21 ноября, 1999China's membership will make it more difficult to include core labour standards in the next round of WTO talks but will force an opening of the world's largest market, giving us some access to the country, says IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi.

21 ноября, 1999China's membership will make it even more difficult to include core labour standards in the next round of WTO talks but will force an opening of the world's largest market, giving us some access to the country.