6 May, 2001A company bus slams into striking workers at a bicycle factory in Chile, leaving one dead and two gravely injured.

2 May, 2001It is hoped that the 9th Collective Agreement between Malaysia's EIWU and the company will be settled soon.

2 May, 2001Hundreds of thousands of workers and their trade unions succeed in forcing the government to withdraw its proposals for pension reform.

25 April, 2001In the following May Day message, the IMF general secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, invites everyone to join in paying respect and tribute to workers around the world.

24 April, 2001Workers will show their dissatisfaction with a number of policies of the Employees Provident Fund.

22 April, 2001The IMF general secretary questions the spirit in which the FTAA agreement was negotiated and says it will not benefit the people.

22 April, 2001Some 130 delegates from 18 countries in the Asia-Pacific region pass resolution in support of workers who are being denied the fundamental right to form a union.

22 April, 2001The following resolution was passed by delegates at the 10th IMF Asia-Pacific Regional Conference.

21 May, 2001Negotiations between IAM negotiators for District 141 and United Airlines management have reached an impasse.

20 May, 2001Ilkka Joenpalo will preside the newly-merged Finnish white-collar union, whose membership is made up of 48 per cent women.