20 October, 2011A new issue of Metal World - the last - went to print and is published on the IMF website.
GLOBAL: The spreading precarious work brings insecurity to workers and their families. It lays a huge burden on their shoulders. The main feature of this issue of Metal World focuses on the trade union fight for social protection for precarious workers, the least privileged and the most vulnerable group of workers.
On the eve of the IMF Central Committee meeting on December 7 and 8 in Jakarta, Indonesia, Metal World reports about the work that IMF and its affiliates have carried out since 2009 when the IMF World Congress took place in Sweden in the most difficult times of world economic and financial crisis. Developments in industrial sectors, campaigns for trade union rights, work in the regions and union building efforts are reported in the special report 'Building union power for secure jobs and a secure future'.
In June 2012 members of the three global union federations IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF plan to found a new International for industrial workers. Jyrki Raina, IMF general secretary, reflects on a new era of global solidarity that will start with this bold step.
Finally, Metal World publishes a profile of Miriam Chipunza, a young activist in Zimbabwe. She speaks about her union, the IMF-affiliated National Engineering Workers Union, and of its participation in the recent World Day of Decent Work, together with many other unions across the globe.
This will be the last issue of Metal World. Since the year 2000 we have been providing in depth analysis of the trends in the metalworking industries, and reporting on challenges and successes of workers fighting for their rights in the world. Now, after a decade, this magazine's journey comes to an end. But plans are already being made, and pens are sharpened, in order to take on the challenges of the future. With the advent of a new international organization Metal World too will take new shapes. We look forward to it!