Publications
Our publications, reports and agreements.
Note: the documents often exist in several languages. For quick access to other languages, see links below.
Most recent
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Metal World 3 2009
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Metal World 2 2009
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IMF Rules
Adopted at 32nd IMF World Congress Gothenburg, Sweden, May 24-28, 2009
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Basic publications
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IMF Action Programme 2009-2013
Adopted by 32nd IMF World Congress, convening May 24 - 28, 2009 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Purchasing Power of Working Time 2008
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IMF Survey on Changing Employment Practices and Precarious Work
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IMF lifelong learning report
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ZeroCancer
A union guide to cancer prevention
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Purchasing Power of Working Time 2006
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IMF Strategies for an Alternative Globalisation
Discussed at the IMF Central Committee Meeting in South Africa, December 2003
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IMF - An Introduction
An introduction to the International Metalworkers' Federation
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Congress and Central Committees
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IMF Rules
Adopted at 32nd IMF World Congress Gothenburg, Sweden, May 24-28, 2009
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IMF Action Programme 2009-2013
Adopted by 32nd IMF World Congress, convening May 24 - 28, 2009 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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List of participants - 32nd IMF World Congress
32nd IMF World Congress Gothenburg, Sweden, May 22-28, 2009
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List of participants - Women's Conference
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Reports of affiliates
32nd IMF World Congress Gothenburg, Sweden, May 24-28, 2009
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Report of the Secretariat
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Minutes
31st IMF World Congress
Vienna, Austria, May 22-26, 2005 Download -
World congress: List of delegates
World congress: List of delegates
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Women's conference: List of delegates
Women's conference: List of delegates
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Reports of Affiliates
31st IMF World Congress
Vienna, Austria, May 22-26, 2005
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Report of the Secretariat
31st IMF World Congress
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Provisional programme
Provisional programme for the IMF World Congress, Vienna 2005
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Statements and resolutions
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IMF declaration on the crisis
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RESOLUTION 01: Climate change - Taking the power back
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RESOLUTION 02: on Asbestos
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RESOLUTION 03: on “Employee Free Choice Act”
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RESOLUTION 04: Precarious employment in the economic crisis
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RESOLUTION 05: Creating a New Trade Framework for Workers Throughout the World
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RESOLUTION 06: There Is Only One Race: The Human Race
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RESOLUTION 07: Criminalise Corporate Homicide
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RESOLUTION 08: Solidarity with Trade Union Autonomy and the Struggle of the Mexican National Miners Union
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RESOLUTION 09: Precarious work = precarious lives: Impacts of women’s precarious work on families and communities
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RESOLUTION 10: Workers’ situation in Belarus
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RESOLUTION 11: Resolution on Toshiba Consumer Products Indonesia
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RESOLUTION 12: Global Crisis and Automotive Restructuring
Wages and bargaining
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Purchasing Power of Working Time 2008
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Purchasing Power of Working Time 2006
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Purchasing Power of Working Time 2004
An international comparison of metalworkers' average net hourly earnings in 2003, expressed in working time required for the purchase of a wide range of selected consumer items.
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Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002
An international comparison of metalworkers' average net hourly earnings in 2001, expressed in working time required for the purchase of a wide range of selected consumer items
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International Framework Agreements (IFA)
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Aker IFA in English
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Text of the Agreement with ArcelorMittal on OHS
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Indesit - IFA text
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Background document on IFA
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IFA: PSA Peugeot Citroën (Slovak)
Slovenčina
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IFA: PSA Peugeot Citroën
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GEA
International Framework Agreement signed by the IMF (2003).
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Arcelor
International Framework Agreement signed by the IMF (2005).
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Röchling
International Framework Agreement, signed in 2005
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Leoni
International Framework Agreement: Leoni
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EADS
International Framework Agreement, signed in 2005
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IMF Model International Framework Agreement
Adopted by the IMF Executive Committee
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IFA: BMW
International Framework Agreement signed by the IMF (2005).
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Renault
International framework agreement signed by the IMF (2004). Official name: Renault group employees' fundamental rights declaration.
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Prym
Declaration on the social rights and industrial relations within the Prym Group (2004)
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Rheinmetall
"Principles of Social Responsibility at Rheinmetall AG", signed in 2004 by the management of Rheinmetall, the Rheinmetall European Works Council and by the International Metalworkers' Federation.
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Bosch
International Framework Agreement signed by the IMF (2004).
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SKF
International Framework Agreement, signed by the IMF.
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The Power of Framework Agreements
Published in January 2003, this IMF information leaflet explains what international framework agreements are and their importance for fundamental workers' rights worldwide.
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DaimlerChrysler
International Framework Agreement signed by DaimlerChrysler management and by representatives of the DaimlerChrysler World Employee Committee, on behalf of the International Metalworkers' Federation.
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Volkswagen
International Framework Agreement signed by the German auto multinational with the Volkswagen Group Global Works Council and the IMF.
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Indesit (previously Merloni)
International Framework Agreement signed between the Italian domestic appliance multinational with the Italian national metalworkers' unions - FIM, FIOM and UILM, also representing the IMF.
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DownloadAutomotive
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Resolution in Solidarity with Global Autoworkers
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IMF Auto Report 2006-07
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Mobilizing at Delphi joint statement
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Conclusions of the IMF World Auto Council
Dearborn, USA, June 8-10, 2004
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IMF Auto Report 2004
Challenges and strategies for trade unions, industry trends in production, employment and sales, as well as a separate chapter, "China's Auto Sector".
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Iron, steel and non-ferrous metals
Aerospace
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Resolution on safety and security in the aerospace related industries
Adopted by the IMF Steering Committee on Aerospace Industry and the Working Group Airbus – Boeing, Toulouse, France, October 19-21, 2005.
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The Aerospace Industry
Document prepared for the IMF World Conference on the Aerospace Industry, held in Toulouse, France, June 2002
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Non-Manual Workers
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IMF lifelong learning report
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Organising new members in a Centraleuropean context
Report on the IMF Seminar held in Prague on October 20-21, 2005.
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IMF-study into stress prevention
Report from an IMF project on best practices in stress prevention. The project was carried out in close cooperation with four member organisations and was accompanied by scientific research. Published in 2005.
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Organising Non-Manual Workers - Follow-up
Report of the second IMF Seminar on Organising Non-Manual Workers. Published in March 2004.
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Organising Non-Manual Workers
Report of the IMF Seminar on Organising Non-Manual Workers. Published in 2003.
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Stress and Burnout - A Growing Problem for Non Manual Workers
General trends and how trade unions are responding to it. (Published in 2002.)
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Country reports
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An injury to one
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IMF Indian Steel Report
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Background report on Mexican labour law
Problems of unionisation in Mexico
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IMF Shipbreaking Survey
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Metal Industry in India - A Survey
A research report, initiated by the IMF in order to obtain accurate and up-to-date information on the composition and location of the metal industry and the unions in the industry. Published in 2002. Large file, more than 2Mb.
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IMF Mission Statement on Argentina (April 2002)
Following an on-the-spot assessment of what led to the unprecedented crisis in Argentina and its consequences, the IMF delegation responds with clear demands.
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Report on Visit to Mexico
This publication documents an IMF fact-finding mission to Mexico from February 25 to March 10, 2001. It includes information on the economy, trade union structures and some metalworking transnational companies.
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Mexico – Profile of the Metal and Mechanical Industry
Report elaborated between the University of Benemérita Autónoma de Puebla and the International Metalworkers' Federation
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Trade
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Metalworkers and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (2002)
An IMF report giving an overview of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and the potential impact it will have on the metal industry in the Hemisphere.
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IMF Statement to the FTAA Summit of the Americas
IMF Statement presented to the Third Summit of the Americas, on April 20-21, 2001, in Quebec, Canada.
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Washington Declaration (2000)
Declaration adopted by IMF World Steel Conference, April 2000
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Education
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IMF lifelong learning report
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Tutor notes: Education Reflection Action
These tutor notes have been prepared to help you if you wish to use the IMF manual "Education, Reflection, Action" as the basis for training educators or study circle leaders.
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Education Reflection Action
An IMF educators' manual, to assist educators to develop and improve their trade union education programmes (2004).
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Education - a Tool for Building Unions
Guiding principles for all union-building activities in the IMF
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Electrical and Electronics
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Report on Indesit/Merloni Seminar March 2006
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Agreements from the Philips world conference
The participants agreed on the following proposals and recommendations.
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Philips - On the Way into the Third Millennium
Material for the meeting of the IMF Philips World Council, February 6-9, 2001
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Metal World magazine
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Metal World 3 2009
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Metal World 2 2009
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Metal World 1 2009
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Metal World 4 2008
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Metal World 3 2008
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Metal World 2 2008
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Metal World 1 2008
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Metal World 4 2007
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Metal World 3 2007
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Metal World 2 2007
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Metal World 1 2007
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Metal World 4 2006
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Metal World 3 2006
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Metal World 2 2006
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Metal World 1 2006
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Metal World 4 2005
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Metal World 3 2005
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Metal World 2 2005
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Metal World 1 2005
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MW 4 2004
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MW 2 2004
Other
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Asbestos kills. Ban it now.
IMF is demanding: A global asbestos ban, transition to safe and sustainable jobs and justice for asbestos victims. (4 pages, 275 kB, published in May 2005)
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Dated but still useful
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IMF statement on Global Financial Crisis
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2005-2009 Action Programme
Adopted by the IMF World Congress, convening May 22 - 26 in Vienna, Austria.
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Report of the Secretariat
Central Committee Meeting 2003, South Africa
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Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002
An international comparison of metalworkers' average net hourly earnings in 2001, expressed in working time required for the purchase of a wide range of selected consumer items
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Enterprise Restructuring and Work Organisation
IMF research paper dealing with current trends in enterprise restructuring and work organisation, plus trade union responses. April 2001.
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Auto industry trends and the IMF Action Programme
Outline of Marcello Malentacchi's speech at the 10th IMF World Auto Council in Wolfsburg, Germany, September 26-27, 2000.
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Conclusions of the IMF World Auto Council
Conclusions from the 10th IMF World Auto Council in Wolfsburg, Germany, September 26-27, 2000
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Prospects for the global metal industry (2000)
The report examines the position of the metal industry in the world economy and in selected countries and regions, and outlines forecasts for future development trends.
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IMF Auto Report (2000)
Mergers and alliances,
industry review and outlook,
employment situation Download
Events in
October 2009
- 21-22Sub-Regional Meeting for South-East EuropeBelgrade, Serbia
- 22-23IMF National Workshop on Changing Trends in Collective Bargaining Nagpur/Chennai, India
- 27-28Conference on Implementing Action ProgramMoscow, Russia
- 28-30Tenaris Global MeetingDalmine, Italy
- 29-30Workshop on organising non-manual workersFrankfurt, Germany
November 2009
- 09-10IMF National Workshop on Women and Trade UnionsBhubaneswar, India
- 11-12Shipbuilding Action Group Meeting Vietnam
- 11-12Workshop on migrant workers as precarious workersBangkok, Thailand
- 15-16IMF National Workshop on Organising the UnorganizedKarachi, Pakistan
- 17-18IMF National Workshop on Changing Trends in Collective BargainingColombo, Sri-Lanka
- 17-18IMF-EMF Communicators' ForumFrankfurt, Germany
- 18-19IMF National Workshop on Changing Trends in Collective BargainingLahore, Pakistan
- 23-24Workshop on Organising workers in Export Processing ZonesSan Pedro Sula, Honduras
- 24-25Siemens World MeetingFrankfurt, Germany
- 27-28Workshop on Organising workers in Export Processing ZonesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
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