IMF global - International Metalworkers’ Federation

Equal rights

IMF supports equal rights for all working people
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China

IMF and its affiliates build effective solidarity with workers in China
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IFA

Discover the tool to protect workers’ rights and interests in face of transnational companies.
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Union Building

IMF is engaged in building unions through education, training and effective exchange of information
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Export Processing Zones

Challenges to organising in EPZs are many, but must be overcome to ensure the rights of workers
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Health and Safety

Every year more than two million people die from occupational accidents or work-related diseases. Safety at work is a priority for IMF affiliates.
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Trade, employment & development

Workers in the North and the South can only benefit from a trade system focused on the creation of quality employment, with decent work being the explicit objective of trade liberalization.
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Non-manual

With the shifting composition of today’s workforce the organising challenge for unions is great. The IMF must further the interests of non-manual metalworkers whose unionisation rate remains low.
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Precarious Work affects us all!

Global union campaign to stop the rise in precarious employment and regain power and justice for working people.
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Climate Change

Climate change is a growing concern to us all.
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Events in
September 2010

15-17

2nd Workshop (Southern Region Electronics Union)Johor Baru, Malaysia
23-23

IMF working group on mechanical engineeringBrussels, Belgium

October 2010

01-03

1st Workshop (Northern Region Electronics Union)Penang, Malaysia
05-07

Annual meeting of the Gerdau Global CommitteeSpain
06-07

Aerospace ConferenceSeattle, USA
13-14

IMF-EMF Steel co-ordination meetingUnited Kingdom

November 2010

08-09

(TNC) Network meeting Steering CommitteeDetroit, USA
12-14

3rd Workshop (Western Region Electronics Union and Electronic Industry Exec. Union)Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
17-19

Tenaris Global MeetingSao Paulo, Brazil
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