19 August, 2001

16 August, 2001USWA takes extraordinary step of entering early negotiations.

14 August, 2001The Swiss metalworkers' union has criticised the transnational electrical engineering group over its plan to cut 12,000 jobs.

14 August, 2001IMF urges solidarity with its South African affiliate.

23 October, 2001The automaker needs to cut costs due to declining sales and financial losses.

22 October, 2001The International Metalworkers' Federation has protested to both the government of Mozambique and to Billiton.

22 October, 2001Although some jobs will be saved, thousands of others will disappear both in France and beyond its borders.

21 October, 2001Union achieves a 7.75 per cent retroactive pay hike for inflation and a possible 2 per cent real wage increase.

18 October, 2001A KCTU report shows current figures for arrests and imprisonment carried out by the Kim Dae-jung government.

16 October, 2001IAM negotiators call the new contract one of the best in the light aerospace industry in recent years.