16 января, 2000Three hundred workers lose their jobs as Makonka Electronics closes plant in Malaysia.

16 января, 2000The Australian multinational BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary) has changed its tune, from one of a "cooperative approach with the unions" to that of assaulting workers' rights.

12 января, 2000An IMF mission to India observes the acute difficulties facing workers in the ship-scrapping sector and says it is imperative global action be taken to ensure removal of dangerous substances before ships are sold for scrapping.

12 января, 2000Toni Ferigo, from Turin, Italy, has joined the IMF Secretariat in Geneva.

20 декабря, 1999A high participation rate in the partial general strike has sent a strong message to the government.

19 декабря, 1999After laying off the total workforce, ARMET acts illegally by offering only partial compensation.

15 декабря, 1999IG Metall is pressing for lowering the retirement age to 60.

13 декабря, 1999All arrested sit-in activists of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions have been released, and the union has redoubled its efforts to continue the protest action.

13 декабря, 1999CAW boycott campaign and plant occupation have been called off.

12 декабря, 1999In his new opinion column, "this" IMF's General Secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, speaks of the need for reform of the "other" IMF, with convincing arguments.