23 November, 1999The IMF Regional Office in Santiago, Chile, will open a regional website in Spanish and Portuguese.

22 November, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation welcomes the news that the KCTU has, at long last, received legal union status.

18 November, 1999Swiss workers will fight by all means to preserve their jobs.

17 November, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation strongly urges the Nigerian government to rehabilitate steel companies which are potentially profitable and could empower Nigeria in the drive towards indigenous industrialisation.

16 November, 1999The IMF holds a meeting in Romania to raise the awareness of decision-makers to the need to include a social dimension to restructuring and offer hope to workers.

15 November, 1999First-ever bargaining pact for a three-year period has been reached between the unions and Ford.

14 November, 1999Trade unionists representing unions organising Matsushita workers gather for the Regional Matsushita Council Meeting for Asia and the Pacific.

10 November, 1999It looks as though the Socialist International (SI) does not want contact with the international trade unions anymore, writes IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi in his new column under IMF Opinion on this website.

9 November, 1999The Austrian metalworkers' union successfully negotiated its 1999 autumn pay round in just one week.

4 November, 1999The IMF is considering to expand its World Company Councils to include two Finnish transnationals.