International: IMF (International Metalworkers’ Federation) Congress to define union action vis-à-vis multinationals

Planet Labor, May 19, 2009, No. 090538 – www.planetlabor.com
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28, the representatives will discuss ways to organize and action to counterweight multinationals. Today, three applicants have entered the lists to be the General Secretary. However, to ensure the debate on people will not evade the debate on ideas at a time when global unionism needs to be redefined, only one will attend the Congress. Nevertheless, the presence of a southern representative shows the will of non-European metalworkers to be represented on the international stage. (Ref. 090538)

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