4 September, 2007Sporting a new modern look and featuring metalworking in Brazil, the latest edition of IMF's journal Metal World is available now on the IMF website.
GLOBAL: Metal World travels to Latin America in the latest "new-look" issue published today and takes a closer look at metalworking in Brazil. Trade union members Julio Cesar and José Pereira Miranda speak about their experiences as metalworkers and the importance of the trade unions in their workplaces in Brazil.
Silvia Portela de Castro reports on the project of setting up Mercosul, the common market in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and examines the challenges trade unions face in influencing the direction of this bloc in a special report on Metalworkers and the Mercosul.
In a personal profile Alexei Etmanov, a trade unionist at a Ford plant in Russia, speaks about how his whole concept of unionism was changed after visiting Brazil in 2005. This latest issue of Metal World also includes all the latest news and pictures from IMF and its affiliates.
Metal World, IMF's quarterly magazine, has undergone a revitalisation process in recent months and now sports a totally new modern design. The changes are the results of comments and feedback from readers and affiliates of the IMF.
The magazine is available as a pdf download on the IMF website in English (Russian and Japanese editions will follow) and is available in print, by sending subscription details to: [email protected]