14 September, 2004Increasingly, unions in the region address the specific needs of non-manual workers.

13 June, 2004With the shifting composition of today's workforce, from blue-collar jobs to white-collar, the trade union challenge for organising is great. In addition to representing the traditional core occupations, unions must show their relevance to the needs of non-manual workers, whose unionisation rate remains low.

13 May, 2004Increasing activities for organising non-manual workers and the situation in China were discussed at the IMF Executive Committee meeting on May 12-13.

1 April, 2004The union has successfully negotiated a new agreement for non-manual workers in the metal sector.

11 March, 2004With the better coordination of its activities, the combined shipbuilding group should become more competitive.

7 January, 2003IMF French affiliate FGM-CGT asks its government to intervene on behalf of the AAM and REI.

7 January, 2003The AMWU has launched a campaign for women workers in the manufacturing industry.

6 January, 2003

6 January, 2003

19 December, 2002Workers in the majority of European countries abandoned their trade unions in the 1990s. For the Finnish Metalworkers' Union the situation has been the opposite. The deep recession and mass unemployment at the start of the decade was followed by a unique increase in members, especially among young metalworkers. Metal World visited the northern outpost of Oulu, Finland's Silicon Valley.