26 June, 2006Meeting in Oslo, the IMF Executive Committee vowed to support Napoleon Gomez Urrutia and the Mexican miners' union in their fight against government interference in union affairs.

25 July, 2006Italian metalworker unions wrote to trade minister calling for an effective round of trade negotiations for development.

27 January, 2003International framework agreements and action in focus as five Global Union Federations examine their relation to transnational companies.

26 January, 2003IMF writes to corporate headquarters, as local management refuses to bargain in good faith.

26 January, 2003Porto Alegre seminar discusses how old and new social movements can build alliances to fight neo-liberal globalisation.

23 January, 2003At the Trade Union Forum in Porto Alegre, which preceded the World Social Forum, the IMF asks for more substance.

21 January, 2003The International Metalworkers' Federation promotes the issue of an alternative economic programme and International Framework Agreements.

14 January, 2003A woman worker on strike outside a General Electric plant near Louisville, Kentucky, was killed as she walked the picket line.

12 January, 2003Two-day walkout is a reaction against the company's unilateral increase in employee health-care costs.

7 January, 2003IMF French affiliate FGM-CGT asks its government to intervene on behalf of the AAM and REI.