31 January, 2000The largest concentration of power the world has ever known is increasingly dominating our societies.

30 January, 2000European Works Council president warns against the playing of one plant location against another.

26 January, 2000Workers' handbook includes sections on hazardous work areas, occupational diseases, hazard control and environmental effects.

24 January, 2000The theme for the KMWF convention was "Building an Industrial Union -- Empowerment of the Workers".

20 January, 2000IMF writes to multinationals selling their products through a Ghanaian company to call to order their distributor.

18 January, 2000Tripartite cooperation must continue to be the rule that governs the ILO, says the IMF general secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, in his new column.

17 January, 2000Tomoyuki Fukuma, a well-known former trade unionist and member of Parliament in Japan, was highly respected by the international trade union movement.

17 January, 2000The United Auto Workers' union has announced that 1999 was one of their most successful organising years ever.

11 January, 2000The world's biggest trade union, the German IG Metall, has presented its demands in the new millennium's first wage negotiations.

15 December, 1999The current situation at the VMZ company of unpaid wages and employment insecurity is leading to increasing social tension which could easily result in civil protests.