10 octubre, 1999Has power made left-wing parties conservative? Read IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi's column under IMF Opinion on this website.

10 octubre, 1999Workers win improvements in ergonomics, reduced exposure to metalworking fluids and renewed funds for health and safety training and research.

5 octubre, 1999GWU's members who went on strike at Malta's airport in August are asked to return to work.

4 octubre, 1999Help support the trade union campaign against a second wave of anti-union legislation in Australia.

30 septiembre, 1999Brazilian metal federations report brutality used against workers during their one-day strike.

30 septiembre, 1999UAW workers overwhelmingly ratify the DaimlerChrysler contract, and union negotiators reach tentative agreement with General Motors and Delphi Automotive Systems.

27 septiembre, 2000After a two-day debate, the 10th IMF World Auto Council has adopted a new programme to increase the trade unions' strength.

26 septiembre, 2000There will be six or seven auto companies in the future, says the chief executive of Volkswagen, Ferdinand Piëch, at the IMF World Auto Council.

25 septiembre, 2000Trade unions in the auto industry must tighten their international cooperation, says the IMF's president, Klaus Zwickel.

22 septiembre, 2000At the beginning of the 20th century, the official working week in France was 60 hours in six days. Now the 35-hour workweek has been introduced, in theory if not yet in practice.