13 June, 2000The theme of the IMF Central Committee meeting in Birmingham will be "Trade and Sustainable Growth and Development."

12 June, 2000The dispute at Pilkingtons is over wages and the anti-union stance of the company.

12 June, 2000The Central Committee for the year 2000 will see an increase in membership of over three-quarters of a million metalworkers.

17 October, 1999Three young Nazis have been detained for the murder of a trade union activist in Stockholm last week.

17 October, 1999French metal union says that the French-German alliance represented by this merger is the beginning of a greater European cooperation.

16 October, 1999Finnish journalists on visit to Karelia are hopeful that Russia is not doomed to sustained economic failure.

14 October, 1999Due to the current market situation, the multinational conglomerate will reduce its payroll.

13 October, 1999The biggest union in Ghana has been forced to postpone an important conference.

13 October, 1999An NGO puts forward the names of Ecuador's and Peru's presidents as nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize.

12 October, 1999The U.S labour movement organises Internet access to its union members.