International: first talks about the creation of a large international industry union federation

Diversified sectors. Gathered in Germany last week, the IMF’s appointed a work group to evaluate the financial and structural conditions of a possible merger with the ICEM and ITGLWF. The workgroup will also have to work on a schedule and different actions to carry such a process through if there is a follow-up. As Jyrki Raina, IMF general secretary, told Planet Labor, “this would help combine workers’ forces in different industry activities as well as consumer products with sectors covered by the ITGLWF.”
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possible merger with the ICEM and ITGLWF. The workgroup will also have to work on a schedule and different actions to carry such a process through if there is a follow-up. As Jyrki Raina, IMF general secretary, told Planet Labor, “this would help combine workers’ forces in different industry activities as well as consumer products with sectors covered by the ITGLWF.”

Such a merger would gather around 45 million workers within a single structure. The meeting of the executive committee of Decembe

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