Sectors - International Metalworkers’ Federation

Aerospace

Coordinated affiliate’s policies and strategies lead the activities of the IMF in this sector
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Automotive

The Automotive Department coordinates affiliates’ efforts on joint strategies at sector and company levels in responding to challenges for metalworkers in the motor vehicle and component sector.
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Electrical and electronics

Sector has strategic importance for other sectors and for unions.
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Iron, steel and non-ferrous metals

The IMF Steel section promotes the interest of unionised workers at global level on issues such as employment security, human rights, health and safety ,environment, and trade.
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Mechanical engineering

Numerous sub-sectors have to be dealt with and are a challenge for unionisation
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Shipbuilding / shipbreaking

Shipbuilding workers are highly skilled and work in hazardous conditions. The IMF believes that through global institutions it can prevent the industry making the mistakes of the past.
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Events in
April 2010

14-15

Organising and trade union rights in the Electrical and Electronics industriesSingapore, Singapore
20-20

Aerospace steering committee meetingGeneva, Switzerland
28-29

IMF Caterpillar Network MeetingGrenoble, France

June 2010

01-03

Training on Organizing in Automotive Industry and Metallurgy (1)Saint-Petersburg, Russia
22-23

Organising Bosch plant in MexicoMexico, Mexico

October 2010

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

17-19

Tenaris Global MeetingSao Paulo, Brazil
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International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF) represents the collective interests of 25 million metalworkers from more than 200 unions in 100 countries. The IMF is a federation of national metalworkers’ unions, a union of unions at the world level. The IMF head office is in Geneva, Switzerland, where worldwide activities are co-ordinated with a network of regional offices.

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