30 August, 2001The leader of the 700,000-member USWA asks if Labour Day is being devalued.

30 August, 2001Wage demands are for a minimum increase of 7 per cent.

29 August, 2001The strike at the Puebla plant will continue until the company improves its offer.

27 August, 2001German carmaker will hire and train 3,500 workers in Wolfsburg and possibly a further 1,500 in Hanover.

26 August, 2001Numsa negotiates a 9 per cent pay increase for its 21,000 members at BMW, Nissan, Toyota, Delta/General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen.

22 August, 2001In the continuing strike in the auto industry, Numsa has succeeded in getting the employers up to 9 per cent across the board.

21 August, 2001The tragic shootings at Zisco Steel occurred during a sit-in at the state majority-owned company.

20 August, 2001Over 12,000 of VW's 16,000 workers at the Puebla plant have downed their tools.

19 August, 2001In his latest opinion column, the IMF general secretary underlines the importance of international trade union solidarity support.

23 June, 2002In 2005, when the doors for the 31st IMF World Congress open in Vienna, Austria, the host will be a trade union which does not yet exist. Rudolf Nürnberger, president of the Metall-Textil trade union, has begun to manage a giant logistic adventure: merging several trade union cultures into one, consisting of both blue- and white-collar workers.