6 April, 2009History of the IMF over the last twenty years and challenges faced by the Swedish unions trying to improve their organising efforts are described in the latest issue of Metal World.
GENEVA: On the threshold of IMF's 32nd World Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, Metal World made a special report dedicated to the IMF's history at the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st. The report covers the last twenty years from 1989 to 2009, the time when the Soviet block collapsed and new independent unions joined the fold of the IMF, and South Africa dismantled the shameful system of apartheid.
Read the full report on-line or download the pdf version from the IMF website.
Unions in Sweden, the nation with traditionally a high unionisation rate face new challenges with the new generation of workers. How can unions cope with the situation when less workers are joining unions and how do unions renew themselves to be stronger? Swedish unions answer these and other questions in 'Swedish unions revive recruitment efforts'.
And finally, Metal World profiles the new leader of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), Irvin Jim elected in October 2008 as NUMSA General Secretary, who talks about new and old challenges his union is confronting.