17 сентября, 2001Klaus Zwickel is the toolmaker from Heilbronn, near Stuttgart, who became president of the German IG Metall and the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF). His way of being was coined by the red sixties.

8 марта, 2001South Africa's Labour Court rules in favour of VW South Africa.

4 марта, 2001Slovak trade unions are satisfied with last Friday's blockade of border crossings.

1 марта, 2001The major shareholder of the Japanese car maker is DaimlerChrysler.

1 марта, 2001Negotiations to conclude a collective contract with the Matsushita Air-Conditioning Group of Companies in Malaysia are deadlocked.

28 февраля, 2001KOVO will halt traffic on the busiest border crossings between the Slovak Republic and its neighbours.

28 февраля, 2001Leo Gerard has become the seventh international president of the 700,000-member steelworkers' union.

27 февраля, 2001The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union is staging a demonstration in Sydney in protest at heavy-handed police repression of autoworkers in Korea.

21 февраля, 2001José Domingos Cardoso, nicknamed "Ferreirinha," has passed away after an illness of several months.

20 февраля, 2001Philips workers from 18 countries have discussed joint trade union strategies.