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Number: 4-2009

Feature about unionised satellite engineers developing new technologies that will assist in protecting the environment; special report about metalworkers' demanding inclusion of social justice and long-term employment in the climate change debate; and profile of Ainur Kurmanov, talking about grass-roots struggle led by independent trade unions in Kazakhstan.

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Number: 3-2009

The struggle for permanent work in Thailand and the work of IMF Thai affiliate TEAM is featured in this issue of Metal World; IMF general secretary Jyrki Raina provides a summary overview of the IMF's work over the next four years as set out in the IMF Action Programme; and Sinter Metal striker Lale Balta talks about her hopes that an eventual victory will inspire workers throughout Turkey.

Number: 2-2009

Feature highliting 32nd IMF World Congress in Gothenburg; special report about global crisis in automotive industry and union responses; and profile of Jyrki Raina, newly elected IMF General Secretary, talking about lessons from the past for unions today and his ambition to use more intensively modern technologies in IMF's daily work.

Number: 1-2009

Feature on Swedish unions putting their efforts into revival of organising; special report about history of IMF development over last twenty years; and profile of Irvin Jim, NUMSA General Secretary, talking about old and new challenges that his union combats in South Africa.

Number: 4-2008

Feature on U.S. election and hope for change following Barack Obama’s victory; special report on mechanical engineering, one of the most important among manufacturing sectors; and profile of Gab-Deuk Jung, KMWU president, talking about his union fight for industry-wide collective bargaining and the rights of workers to form unions in Korea.

Number: 3-2008

Feature on organising precarious workers in export processing zones in Batam, Indonesia, special report on leveraged buyouts in the metal sector to make profits at the expense of workers and a profile on the member of Polish Solidarnosc, Stefan Przybyszewski, fighting for equal rights of permanent and precarious workers

Number: 2-2008

Feature on Nokia's plant closure in Bohum, Germany, special reaport on an unprecedented trade union campaign for workplace rights in Australia and a profile on activist filmmaker, Anne Lewis, discussing the art of storytelling

Number: 1-2008

Feature on challenges confronted by workers and IMF affiliate REPAM in Belarus, special report on gender equality and participation of women in trade union work in Latin America and the profile of Annie Labaj, director of the CAW international department.

Number: 4-2007

Feature on a gold rush in Mongolia that is leading to an epidemic of mercury poisoning affecting gold diggers, local people and the environment; spotlight on the world’s largest resources company group, BHP Billiton, and its relationship with unions globally; profile of Stefan Löfvén a former welder, now president of the Swedish union, IF Metall.

Number: 3-2007

Special report about challenges faced by trade unions influencing the direction of the Mercosul; Feature on metalworking sector in Brazil; and a profile on Alexei Etmanov, organizer of Ford wokers in Russia.

Number: 2-2007

Feature on situation in Zimbabwe, appalling state of economy leading to the average life expectancy of 34-35 years, challenges faced by Zimbabwean unions; report of the IMF regional office on IMF work and strategy in Africa; and a profile of Aghni Dhamayanti, who considers formation of new women leaders is most important task.

Number: 2-2004

Contents: Feature about Brazil, Special report on non-manual workers.

Number: 3-2003

Feature about South Africa; Special report on Export Processing Zones (EPZs); Spotlight on the upcoming IMF Central Committee meeting.

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April 2010

  • 12-13
    National Workshop on Communications and NetworkingIndia
  • 14-15
    Workshop on union capacity and solidarity-buildingChishinau, Moldova
  • 14-15
    Organising and trade union rights in the Electrical and Electronics industriesSingapore, Singapore
  • 15-16
    Regional BHP meetings (1)Maputo, Mozambique
  • 16-17
    IMF Sub Regional Committee Meeting for East & Southeast Asia-Pacific RegionsSingapore
  • 19-21
    National Workshop on structure developmentKathmandu, Nepal
  • 19-21
    Southern Africa sub-regional committee meetingJohannesburg, South Africa
  • 20-23
    IMF/MCA-UGT/ISCOD Health and Safety SeminarSarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • 20-20
    Aerospace steering committee meetingGeneva, Switzerland
  • 21-22
    IMF Latin American and the Caribbean Regional ConferenceMexico City, Mexico
  • 22-23
    Meeting and Leadership WorkshopKinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • 28-29
    IMF Caterpillar Network MeetingGrenoble, France
  • 29-30
    Workshop on developing a national strategyColombo, Sri Lanka

May 2010

  • 05-06
    Working Group Meetings on union buildingZambia
  • 05-07
    Leadership Workshop on the outcome of WG meetingsLuanda, Angola
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