1 August, 2000After having met the striking Indonesian workers at Sony, IMF general secretary Marcello Malentacchi is convinced that they will succeed in finding a solution.
30 July, 2000Dan Byung-ho is a strong profile in the young Korean trade union movement. He is talking about his struggle against the Korean employers, government and police and about his time in prison.
20 September, 1999Members of the United Steelworkers of America Local 850 in Charlotte end their one-year strike at tire plant.
19 September, 1999The launching of the 15-million-member Union Network International (UNI) has been confirmed.
19 September, 1999Dan Byung-ho, former president of the IMF-affiliated Korean Metal Workers' Federation, has been elected president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions.
16 September, 1999The USWA's "Don't Tread on Us" campaign at Continental General Tire may have reached its conclusion.
15 September, 1999Strikes in the entire auto sector are being jointly organised by the IMF's Brazilian affiliates, CNM-CUT and CNTM-Força Sindical, in support of their demands for a new collective agreement.