IMF Congress 2009 - Secure jobs for a secure future


	IMF World Congress 2009

	Metalworkers from different countries of the world are going to participate in the 32nd IMF World Congress taking place in Gothenburg, Sweden, May 24th – 28th.

	Nearly 800 delegates from unions around the world will come together to debate the most important issues for metalworkers globally. The theme for this year's Congress is Secure Jobs for a Secure Future and the impact of the global financial crisis and the growth of precarious work will be critical issues. A key outcome for the Congress will be the endorsement of the IMF's action programme for the next four years, which will set out the best ways to improve rights and conditions for metalworkers. Meetings for the Finance, Executive, Central and Rules committees and the IMF's Women's Conference will also take place around Congress.

IMF Congress adopts resolutions

[May 27, 2009 12:01 GMT]


			Why Should Precarious Workers Join Unions? We asked 7 Congress delegates a question

"A real challenge to neo-liberalism"

[May 27, 2009 10:54 GMT]

Building strong national unions, strengthening collective bargaining, defending workers' rights, building a counterweight to the power of transnational corporations and fighting for sustainable trade, development and employment will be at the heart of IMF's work over the next four years.

“Strength lies in unity, not division”

[May 26, 2009 18:08 GMT]

On Tuesday morning the newly elected IMF President Berthold Huber addressed the delegates to the 32nd IMF World Congress and thanked them for their confidence in him. He also made it clear that what was needed now was to unite forces to meet the challenges confronting unions.

We must avoid wage deflation

[May 26, 2009 18:44 GMT]

A reduction of wages is the biggest threat to the economy. For that reason wage deflation must be avoided at all cost. So said Heiner Flassbeck, former deputy finance minister in Germany, now the head of UNCTAD’s Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, when he addressed to the IMF Congress in Gothenburg.

Resolutions call for change

[May 26, 2009 19:32 GMT]

Delegates at the IMF 32nd World Congress unanimously adopted a number of resolutions today to improve workers´ health and safety, preserve permanent jobs, tackle climate change and xenophobia, and remove barriers to organising in the U.S.

Solidarity is not just a word

[May 26, 2009 16:20 GMT]

Affiliates debate IMF Action Programme 2009-2013 in day two of IMF World Congress.

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	Dates

Download:

		Minutes of the 32nd IMF World Congress
		IMF Rules
		IMF Action Programme 2009-2013
		List of participants - 32nd IMF World Congress
		List of participants - Women's Conference
		IMF World Congress Briefing
		Proposed agenda
		Programme and Guide
		Reports of affiliates
		Report of the Secretariat
		Women's Conference: Agenda
		Women's conference: Programme
		Congress poster

	People:
	Dr. Heiner Flassbeck - keynote speaker

Daily News Bulletin:

		Wednesday 27 May
		Tuesday 26 May
		Monday 25 May

Statements & Resolutions:

		IMF declaration on the crisis
		RESOLUTION 01: Climate change - Taking the power back
		RESOLUTION 02: on Asbestos
		RESOLUTION 03: on “Employee Free Choice Act”
		RESOLUTION 04: Precarious employment in the economic crisis
		RESOLUTION 05: Creating a New Trade Framework for Workers Throughout the World
		RESOLUTION 06: There Is Only One Race: The Human Race
		RESOLUTION 07: Criminalise Corporate Homicide
		RESOLUTION 08: Solidarity with Trade Union Autonomy and the Struggle of the Mexican National Miners Union
		RESOLUTION 09: Precarious work = precarious lives: Impacts of women’s precarious work on families and communities
		RESOLUTION 10: Workers’ situation in Belarus
		RESOLUTION 11: Resolution on Toshiba Consumer Products Indonesia
		RESOLUTION 12: Global Crisis and Automotive Restructuring