26 March, 2001All 2.7 million members will be offered the use of a PC at home.

22 March, 2001A protest team will try to discourage the U.S. auto multinational from taking over Daewoo.

21 March, 2001Australian workers show their concern over possible repercussions on jobs following merger.

20 March, 2001A trade union president, in protest at company abuse of workers' rights, is now in his fifteenth day of hunger strike.

19 March, 2001The International Metalworkers' Federation is holding a joint IMF World and European Works Council meeting for ABB.

18 March, 2001

18 October, 2000For the first time, the Italian trade unions are calling for a general strike to improve working conditions.

17 October, 2000Steel imports have again returned to crisis levels in the U.S.

17 October, 2000The president of the IMF's Swiss affiliate, the SMUV/FTMH, takes the helm of the Swiss Socialist Party.

15 October, 2000Yearly report by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions documents trade union rights violations and repression in 113 countries.