8 October, 2001More than 200 trade unionists were assassinated last year, reveals the ICFTU 2001 Survey.

8 October, 2001To boost their wage demands, unions target auto production at some of the leading car companies.

4 October, 2001French metalworkers at Moulinex want the prime minister and his government to hear their demands.

4 October, 2001Workers at Robert Bosch-Breaks-Alferrarede will strike for 24 hours.

3 October, 2001The UAW describes how U.S. management "barraged workers with distorted, misleading, wrong information" about the union.

2 October, 2001Mozal, an aluminium producer in Mozambique, dismisses all workers and uses the police and dogs to evict them from the plant.

25 September, 2001A Declaration of Intent has been signed by the VW management, the world works' council and the International Metalworkers' Federation.

24 September, 2001

3 May, 2001Steelworkers may be balloted for strike action, while government offers redundancy aid.

2 May, 2001The South African metalworkers' union has negotiated a severance package for laid off workers which includes a 4 million rand social plan.