IMF has produced an educators' manual, to assist educators to develop and improve their trade union education programmes. Click here to reach the online version of the manual, as well as a pdf-document to download.

IMF implements union-building projects with external assistance. These projects intend to strengthen unions by training, organising or other activities.

The IMF organises dozens of seminars and courses every year, often in countries with fragile or threatened unions. Subjects include how to organise a union, how to recruit and retain members, or how to negotiate and formulate collective bargaining agreements.

Regional conferences are also organised by the IMF for special industries. The aim is often to prepare the ground for collaboration and exchanges of information within a sector. The IMF’s World Company Councils have similar aims; they bring together trade union activists within transnational companies.

A Summer School has since 2001 been organised by the IMF. Around 20 members from nearly as many countries attend. The Summer School is aimed at young women and men who are active in affiliated unions.

Below, a selection of Education-related news articles from our news section and the Metal World magazine.