15 December, 1999IG Metall is pressing for lowering the retirement age to 60.

13 December, 1999All arrested sit-in activists of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions have been released, and the union has redoubled its efforts to continue the protest action.

13 December, 1999CAW boycott campaign and plant occupation have been called off.

12 December, 1999In his new opinion column, "this" IMF's General Secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, speaks of the need for reform of the "other" IMF, with convincing arguments.

7 December, 1999The Federation of Hungarian Metalworkers' Union (VASAS) has elected Károly Szoke as its new president, to succeed Lazlo Paszternak.

7 December, 1999Workers have accepted a social plan, thus bringing an end to the occupation of the factory.

6 December, 1999If victory is no agreement, then it is a victory for all those who went to Seattle with no intention to negotiate at all, says IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi in his new column under IMF Opinion.

6 December, 1999Trade unions have lost two years of hard work.

6 December, 1999A new day has dawned for Avondale shipyard workers, as the company has at long last recognised their union.

4 December, 1999The Swedish Metalworkers' Union has kicked out a member of the union who was pointed out as a Nazi leader.