23 November, 2010On November 20, members of IMF affiliate IF Metall from local trade unions in Kiruna, Umea, Eskilstuna, Trollhättan, Gothenburg and Malmö showed their strength together by lifting cars.
SWEDEN: As a collective movement, the car lift is the beginning of a series activities giving special attention to IF Metall's elected local representatives, strengthen the picture of all the good work being done by the trade union and demonstrating that "keeping together we are strong together!"
"All alone you cannot not lift a car, but together we can do it," says Jan Thelin, shop steward at LKAB mine in Kiruna.
As part of the Strong Together Campaign, the first group to be in the center of attention is the 14,500 IF Metall health and safety representatives. And as they always do before a change in the workplace, they made a hazard assessment before the lift.
The campaign started with the car lifting in Kiruna, Umea, Eskilstuna, Trollhättan, Gothenburg and Malmö, and will continue in various locations until IF Metall's Congress in June 2011.
Watch the videos here:
http://www.ifmetall.se/ifmetall/home/home.nsf/LUUnique/CADBBFCAB43A8C90C12577E000299F9D?OpenDocument