11 March, 2010IMF film on precarious work runner up in LabourStart labour video of the year competition.
GLOBAL: A short film on the International Metalworkers' Federation's campaign against precarious work was announced as a runner up in the LabourStart labour video of the year competition on March 10.
"Precarious work affects us all" was produced as part of IMF's global campaign against precarious work and was released at the IMF Congress in May 2009. The four minute film features workers from IMF affiliates in Indonesia, Mozambique, South Africa, Ukraine and Australia and elsewhere who are engaged in the struggle to stop the rise in precarious employment and regain power and justice for working people.
The IMF video was one of two runners up in the competition. Online voting for the best of the six short listed films for labour video of 2010 commenced on March 10. The six short-listed films include entries from UK, Canada, and Australia, plus a joint Sustainlabour/ITUC video "A call to action".
To check all finalists' submissions as well as to cast your vote, go to: http://www.labourstart.org/lvoty/vote.shtml
March 31, 2010 is the deadline for submission of films to the 4th Annual Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival. IMF affiliates are invited to submit copies of short films that they have produced or been involved in producing for possible inclusion in the programme.
Films to the Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival need to be submitted with a short paragraph describing the film, why it was produced and how it was used. For more information, go to: http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?id=622&l=2&cid=22025