Amicus, the most important trade union of the private sector, currently merging with the TGWU in order to create a huge trade union with 2 million members (see story n°061182), has also signed agreements of solidarity with foreign trade unions, which pose the bases of a new transnational trade union. It has just signed agreements with IG Metall in Germany, the International Association of Machinists and United Steel Workers in the United States. (Ref. 70046)
The secretary-general Derek Simpson counts on a operational structure within 10 years: “Our aim is to create a powerful single union that can transcend borders to challenge the global forces of capital. I envisage a functioning, if loosely federal, multinational organisation within the next decade”. “The world is changing and the new global realities involve transnational companies being able to trade off countries and workforces against each other. By establishing more positive links and work
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