12 September, 2000Last year, thousands of people worldwide were targeted for their trade union activities.

12 September, 2000The Belarus Automobile and Agricultural Machinery Workers' Union is not influenced by government attempts to sway Congress elections.

11 September, 2000Tadayoshi Kusano has replaced Teruhito Tokumoto as president of the IMF-JC.

11 September, 2000The International Metalworkers' Federation holds joint meeting for its SKF World Union Committee and the SKF European Works' Council.

31 August, 2000The Estonian Metalworkers' Trade Union has signed a cooperation agreement with the employers' national organisation.

31 August, 2000Sony will reinstate all striking workers at its plant in Bekasi, Indonesia.

28 August, 2000

26 August, 2000Numsa will encourage its members to go for voluntary HIV testing.

24 August, 2000VW management in Puebla appealed to a government agency to get the strike by 12,600 workers declared illegal.

23 August, 2000It would be suicidal for the government to change its policy from day to day, the South African trade and industry minister tells the Numsa Congress.