International Metalworkers' Federation

The International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) was a global union federation of metalworkers' trade unions, founded in Zürich, Switzerland in August 1893. As of 2009, the IMF had more than 200 member organisations in 100 countries, representing a combined membership of 25 million workers.[1]

IMF
Full nameInternational Metalworkers' Federation
FoundedAugust 1893
Date dissolved2012
Merged intoIndustriALL Global Union
Members25 million (2009)
AffiliationInternational Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Key peopleJyrki Raina, General Secretary
Berthold Huber, President
Office locationGeneva, Switzerland
CountryInternational
Websitewww.imfmetal.org

History

The federation was founded as the International Metallurgists' Bureau of Information. In 1904, the International Secretariat of Foundry Workers merged into the federation, which renamed itself as the "International Metalworkers' Federation".[2] From 1921, its constitution called for not only international co-operation to improve wages and conditions, but also for workers to take over the means of production.[3]

Membership of the federation reached 1.9 million in 1930, but fell to only 190,000 in 1938, hit by the international depression. By 1947, membership had reached a new high of 2.7 million, and the federation took a leading role in opposing the World Federation of Trade Unions, instead becoming a founding constituent of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.[3]

The organization held a congress every four years, consisting of delegates from the member organisations. The congress established the broad lines of the IMF's policies and actions and elected the President and General Secretary of the IMF. Some member unions wished for the federation to hold sectoral conferences, and the IMF's refusal to do so led six unions to found the International Federation of Foundry Workers in 1949, but this was dissolved in 1954.[4][5]

The international headquarters of IMF was based in Geneva, Switzerland. There were regional offices in Johannesburg, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Santiago, Mexico City, and a project office in Russia.

In June 2012, the IMF merged into the new global federation IndustriALL Global Union.

Affiliates

The following unions were affiliated in 2009:[6]

UnionAbbreviationCountryAffiliated membership (2008)
All Russia Defence Industry Workers' UnionARDIWURussia25,000
Atlas Copco Employees' FederationIndia
Australian Manufacturing Workers' UnionAMWUAustralia80,000
Australian Workers' UnionAWUAustralia
Automobile and Agricultural Machinery Workers' Union of UkraineAAMWUUkraine15,000[7]
Autonomous Metalworkers' Union of SerbiaAMUSSerbia
Bangladesh Metalworkers' FederationBMFBangladesh
Bangladesh Metalworkers' LeagueBMLBangladesh
Christian Union of Belgian MetalworkersCCMBBelgium110,000
CO-IndustryCO-industriDenmark184,797
Committee of Metal Industry UnionsCMIUHong Kong5,011
Cyprus Industrial Workers' FederationOVIEK-SEKCyprus4,000
Electrical Industries Workers' UnionMalaysia
Engineering Workers' Union of RussiaEWURussia21,969
Federation of Hungarian Metal Workers' UnionsVASASHungary27,472
Federation of Indonesia Metal Workers' UnionsFSPMIIndonesia125,376
Federation of MetalELA-STVSpain31,633
Federation of Metal, Construction and Related TradesMCA-UGTSpain
Federation of Metallurgy CFE-CGCFrance28,472
Federation of Metal-Mechanical WorkersFLMItaly260,000
Federation of Mineral and Metallurgical Workers' CommissionsFM/CC.OO.Spain85,000
FO MetalsFO MetauxFrance
General Federation of Mines and MetallurgyFGMMFrance80,000
IF MetallIF MetallSweden254,648
IG MetallIG MetallGermany1,497,637
Industrial and Commercial Workers' UnionICUGhana2,698
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace WorkersIAM-CanadaCanada37,275[7]
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace WorkersIAMUnited States
Japan Council of Metalworkers' Trade UnionsIMF-JCJapan2,008,651
Jathika Sewaka Sangamaya Metalworkers' FederationJSSMFSri Lanka5,600
Kovinska Union in the Slovenian Electrical IndustrySKEISlovenia35,409
MetalicyMetalicyBulgaria8,000
Metal Industries Employees' UnionMalaysia
Metal-Textile-Food UnionGMTNAustria180,000
Metalworkers' FederationFTMFrance40,000
Metal Workers' Federation in the Czech RepublicOSKOVOCzechia124,009
Metalworkers' Federation in the Slovak RepublicOZKOVOSlovakia43,215
Metal Workers' Trade Union of CroatiaCroatia22,064
Metalworkers' UnionMetalliFinland165,000
Miners' and Metallurgical Workers' Union of RussiaMMWURussia730,165
National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers' Union of CanadaCAW-CanadaCanada
National Federation of MetalworkersCNM/CUTBrazil
National Federation of Mining and Metallurgical WorkersFENATRAMIMDominican Republic
National Federation of Mining and Metallurgical Workers of HondurasFETRAMIMHHonduras950
National Federation of Workers in Metal, Energy and Chemical Industries in AngolaFSIMEQAngola7,911
National Federation of Workers in Metal and Mechanical IndustriesFENASIMECAMCameroon2,000
National Union of Metalworkers of South AfricaNUMSASouth Africa
National Union of Mine and Metal Workers of the Mexican RepublicSITIMMMexico
National Union of Transport, Equipment and Allied Industries' WorkersMalaysia
Nepal Factory Labour CongressNFLCNepal7,250
Panhellenic Metalworkers' FederationPMFGreece12,451
Philips & BC Components Employees' UnionIndia
Radio, Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Workers' Trade Union of UkraineREMEWUUkraine5,111[7]
Sandvik Asia Employees' UnionIndia
SKF Bearing India Employees' UnionIndia
Steel, Metal and Engineering Workers' Federation of IndiaIndia
Swedish Association of Graduate EngineersSweden22,000
Trade Union of Aircraft Builders of UkraineTUABUkraine63,491
Trade Union of Industry, Energy and Mining of MacedoniaSIERNorth Macedonia
Trade Union of MetalworkersTUMBosnia-Herzegovina12,747
Trade Union of Workers of the Radio & Electronics Industry, Automobile Machinery, Metalworking Industry and Other Branches of the National EconomyREPAMBelarus1,612
UniaUniaSwitzerland57,000
UnionenUnionenSweden121,000
Union of Metallurgical and Related WorkersSIMAPortugal
Union of Salaried EmployeesTUFinland22,828
Union of the Belgian Metal IndustryCMBBelgium55,000
United Auto WorkersUAWUnited States
United Federation of Trade UnionsFellesforbundetNorway45,787
United SteelworkersUSWCanada
United SteelworkersUSWUnited States

Leadership

General Secretaries
1893: Hermann Vogelsanger
1896: Charles Hobson
1904: Alexander Schlicke
1920: Konrad Ilg
1954: Adolphe Graedel
1971: Ivar Noren
1974: Herman Rebhan
1989: Marcello Malentacchi
2009: Jyrki Raina

Presidents
1960: Otto Brenner
1972: Hans Rasmussen
1974: Eugen Loderer
1984: Hans Mayr
1987: Franz Steinkühler
1993: Klaus Zwickel
2003: Jürgen Peters
2009: Berthold Huber

References
  1. "For a strong international labour movement". Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  2. Rütters, Peter (2001). International Trade Union Organisations (PDF). Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. p. 18. ISBN 3898920453. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. James C. Docherty and Sjaak van der Velden, Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor, p.146
  4. Fryth, H. J.; Collins, Henry (1950). The Foundry Workers. Manchester: Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers.
  5. Mitchell, James P. (1959). The International Metalworkers Federation. Washington DC: US Department of Labor. pp. 15–19.
  6. Reports of Affiliates. London: International Metalworkers' Federation. 2009.
  7. Figure is for 2007.
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