Uni
Commerce
Workers' rights in multinational companies
Metro
04.05.2003
Metro workers return to Tez-Koop-IS as management's union busting in Turkey fails
02.04.2003
Russian commerce trade union targets multinationals in organising campaign
15.03.2003
Metro misuses Turkish trade union, forces workers to join
11.02.2003
UNI Commerce and the Metro Group reach understanding on workers' rights in Turkey
08.09.2002
UNI Commerce organising campaign expands to Russia, union proposes framework agreement to Metro
20.08.2002
Metro leaves e-commerce
25.05.2002
UNI-Europa Commerce and EuroCommerce launch European social dialogue on corporate social responsibility
17.05.2002
Multinational retailers violate trade union rights in Spain
10.05.2002
Multinational retailers criticised at ILO meeting in
Prague - Metro/Makro among the exceptions
03.04.2002
Metro will open Real hypermarkets in Moscow
28.03.2002
Metro opened its first cash and carry in Vietnam as foreign expansion picks up speed
25.03.2002
Metro sells Divaco, opens new Cash & Carry stores in Croatia
In Turkey, problems with Metro continue, organising campaign will be launched
16.03.2002
Metro Cash & Carry to open four wholesale hypermarkets in Japan
01.02.2002
UNI Commerce and Poland's Solidarnosc run
successful organising project
UNI Commerce launches organising project in Moscow
hypermarkets, together with Russian affiliate
14.12.2001
Metro Euro-Forum discussed technologies and work organisation
09.11.2001
UNI Commerce meeting in Madrid on trade union rights in multinationals in Spain
29.08.2001
Metro builds up its Asian presence
30.07.2001
Metro expands its consumer electronics division
11.05.2001
Metro continues its global expansion, focus on Asia, Central and Eastern Europe
23.04.2001
Metro Buys Belgium's Inno, makes Kaufhof international
19.04.2001
Metro Cash & Carry to Japan
Metro Cash & Carry expandiert nach Japan (German)
16.03.2001
Ahold, Vendex and Lafayette say they will not be Metro's Kaufhof partners
15.03.2001
Metro says no to Wal-Mart and Carrefour, seeks partner for Kaufhof
22.01.2001
Kaufhof, Galeries Lafayette and Vendex to create partnership?
Metro enters e-commerce at a limited scale only
20.12.2000
Metro CEO
Körber says that Wal-Mart will not succeed in Germany
15.12.2000
Metro Turkey wants to keep union out- Uni Commerce supports Tez-Koop_Is
03.12.2000
Metro continues union busting- Uni Commerce supports the Turkish workers
22.11.2000
Problems continue with Metro in Turkey, Uni Commerce and Metro AG management will meet social partners in Istanbul
25.10.2000
As Metro continues to grow in Poland, Uni Commerce helps workers to join trade union
04.10.2000
Major changes in Metro board
08.98.2000
Metro sells toys over the internet
03.09.2000
Electronic commerce and employment
31.08.2000
Is Wal-Mart becoming too
big? Arkansas retailer is larger than the next three put together
30.08.2000
Italy's Gruppo Coin buys Kaufhalle
29.08.2000
Wal-Mart steps up German price war, wants to soften competitors before taking over
16.08.2000
Uni Commerce report on activities and future priorities August 2000
Uni Commerce background document- Workers' rights in global commerce
15.08.2000
Metro enters Japan
11.08.2000
WorldWide Retail Exchange continues to expand
Amazon and Toys"R"Us create two joint ventures
10.08.2000
Wal-Mart positions itself in European e-commerce
03.08.2000
Metro denies deal with Wal-Mart, Tesco denies collecting funds for Real
Price wars in Europe will cost thousands of jobs
Metro goes to Russia, Vietnam
31.07.2000
Rumours persist about deal between Wal-Mart and Metro
28.07.2000
Tesco is seeking money to buy Real?
27.07.2000
Metro opens its seventh cash and carry market in China
24.07.2000
Metro denies
takeover, top director is replaced
20.07.2000
Wal-Mart continues its price war in Britain and Germany, unions warn of job and wage losses
19.07.2000
German press insists that Wal-Mart is discussing a take-over of Metro
13.07.2000
Wal-Mart is preparing to take over Metro?
15.06.2000
Uni Commerce and DAG will help Russian trade union organise in Metro
25.05.2000
Metro is accused of union-busting in Turkey
23.05.2000
Metro AG invests heavily in e-commerce
06.04.2000
Will self scanning be the next big job killer in
commerce?
05.04.2000
Uni Commerce helps unions organise in leading commerce multinationals
Sainsbury Metro and Kroger join GlobalNetXchange
Metro crosses the Atlantic
Here is a list of the FIET
Commerce multinationals pages, from 1997 until the end of 1999:
19.11.1999
FIET
Commerce and Metro AG help Turkish partners establish ground rules
5.11.1999
European Works Council
was finally established in Metro AG
11.6.1999:
FIET
Commerce meets Solidarnosc - Metro project moves forward
26.5.1999:
FIET Commerce
organising project in multinationals in Central and Eastern European countries, index page
FIET
Commerce meets personnel managers of Metro, discuss organising in Poland
25.5.1999:
Euro-FIET Commerce
negotiated European Works Council agreement with Metro
Earlier dates:
FIET Commerce launches
negotiations with Metro
European Works Council in
Metro to be negotiated in 1998
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