9 January, 2009IMF calls on Sinter Metal to end violations of trade union rights and reinstate all 350 unfairly dismissed workers.
19 December, 2008Korean union leader Yoon Hae-Mo is convicted of criminal obstruction of business and sentenced to one year imprisonment
24 June, 2001Marcello Malentacchi says that manufacturing remains the most important factor in the economy of a modern country.
19 June, 2001IG Metall has concluded a collective agreement on qualification in the metal and electro industries of Baden-Württemberg.
18 June, 2001The leaders of the trade union at the Resita steel plant decide to adopt a hunger strike beginning June 19, 2001.
17 June, 2001During the period of the John Howard government in Australia, there has been a deficit of 275,000 jobs in manufacturing.
17 June, 2001During the past few days, police in Seoul have persisted in attempts to arrest trade union leaders.
14 June, 2001The IMF should investigate the behaviour of the multinational companies worldwide and publish the results in a yearly white paper, suggests Giorgio Caprioli, the general secretary of the FIM, one of three IMF affiliates in Italy.
14 June, 2001Formerly, the Polish people were told that everything in the West was terrible and everything in the East was OK. That picture has changed, says Marek Danowski, working at a shipyard in Gdansk.
