, on May 16, the 200 organizations affiliated with the three European trade union federations – the European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers’ Federation (EMCEF), European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF), and the European Trade Union Federation for Textiles, Clothing, Leather and Footwear (ETUF-TCL) – dissolved and formally merged to become a new union federation IndustriALL-European Trade Union, and getting a first roadmap to take on current challenges. A new name, a new logo, a joint political project in the industry (most of it anyway) – promoting industrial policy taking workers’ point of view into consideration – and already a first joint initiative: a day of mobilization. (Ref. 120325)
The team. Ulrich Eckelmann, former EMF general
secretary, is now the leader of the new organization representing seven million
workers and gathering 200 organizations representing the most part of the
industry.