28 January, 2001Klaus Zwickel, president of the German metalworkers' union IG Metall, has given the starting signal for a three-year continuing debate, "Without Taboos."

25 January, 2001Forty thousand GM employees throughout Europe show their support and solidarity with Vauxhall workers in Luton.

24 January, 2001A trade union mission visits Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.

23 January, 2001South African conciliation commission rules that VW South Africa must reemploy 1,300 workers by February 5.

18 January, 2001Trade unions will file an appeal in court case against individual contracts.

15 January, 2001Former president of the IMF-affiliated FNV Bondgenoten loses his fight against cancer.

14 January, 2001Workers and the trade unions are gearing up for a national march and rally on January 20, and a Europe-wide day of action on January 25.

11 January, 2001Rightly so.

9 January, 2001The U.S. Steelworkers' president has announced he will step down as leader of the union at the end of February 2001.

8 January, 2001The ISTC maintains its support for members being threatened with compulsory redundancy.