25 September, 20011,000 jobs will be lost when GM shuts sports car plant in Canada.

25 September, 2001French metalworkers' union stresses importance of maintaining France's electrical appliance industry.

25 September, 2001Advanced Micro Devices announced the jobs cuts and plant closures as an attempt to reduce costs.

10 August, 2005The IMF seeks a satisfactory resolution for the workers and their union at a Toyota plant in the Philippines whose trade union rights have been violated by the company in an ongoing dispute.

9 May, 2001IMF Australian affiliates will urge shareholders to reject proposal.

6 May, 2001A company bus slams into striking workers at a bicycle factory in Chile, leaving one dead and two gravely injured.

2 May, 2001It is hoped that the 9th Collective Agreement between Malaysia's EIWU and the company will be settled soon.

2 May, 2001Hundreds of thousands of workers and their trade unions succeed in forcing the government to withdraw its proposals for pension reform.

25 April, 2001In the following May Day message, the IMF general secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, invites everyone to join in paying respect and tribute to workers around the world.

24 April, 2001Workers will show their dissatisfaction with a number of policies of the Employees Provident Fund.