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Millions of workers throughout the world work in Export Processing Zones or EPZs. Most of them are young women, who may have migrated to find work but are only offered temporary contracts with low levels of pay and substandard working conditions.  Precarious work is endemic in EPZs. Electronics is the principal IMF industry found in EPZs and IMF is working with its affiliates to encourage organising efforts. An important factor in successful organising is to ensure that women are adequately represented in the trade union and play a central role in EPZ organising.

Export Processing Zones

<p>At our 2005 Congress, we adopted an Action Programme setting out four main areas for action, which include:</p><ul><li>global structures to meet global challenges</li><li>strategies to engage transnational companies</li><li>solidarity and organising</li><li>a social dimension to economic globalisation</li></ul><p><em>In our commitment to creating <strong>global structures to meet global challenges</strong>, the IMF will: </em></p><ul><li>continue to build a global union able to co-ordinate and implement actions at all levels, wherever and whenever they are required;</li><li>continue to work with other Global Union Federations and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD to pursue the interests of its affiliates;</li><li>encourage cooperation and build unity between unions; and</li><li>begin building information networks between affiliates and maintain and effective communications system.</li></ul><p><em>As we develop strategies to <strong>engage transnational companies</strong>, the IMF will:</em></p><ul><li><div>continue to focus on building and maintaining solidarity among trade unions and workers across the global production chains of metalworking companies and industries;</div></li><li>strengthen links between unions that represent workers across production chains in transnational corporations through the IMF World Company Councils and sector-based networks and action groups;</li><li>negotiate and implement international framework agreements with transnational corporations;</li><li>find and support other mechanisms that engage transnational corporations.</li></ul><p><em>As we <strong>strengthen solidarity</strong> and capacity to organise, the IMF will: </em></p><ul><li>defend and promote collective bargaining, assisting affiliates in bargaining on wages and working conditions, and on outsourcing, job security and other issues associated with corporate restructuring;</li><li>promote union building by co-ordinating and supporting projects as well as providing advice to its affiliates on issues such as organising strategies, unions structures and equal rights;</li><li>promote equal rights, including improving the representation of women in IMF structures;</li><li>protect and promote health and safety at work, including campaigning for a ban on asbestos;</li><li>take international solidarity actions in support of social achievements, workers&#039; rights, organising and collective bargaining; and</li><li>organise the unorganised, particularly of women, young workers and non-manual workers and in export processing zones and small- and medium-sized enterprises.</li></ul><p><em>To promote a <strong>social dimension to economic globalisation</strong>, the IMF will:</em></p><ul><li>cooperate with and be part of the social movement against globalisation that favours only the transnational corporations;</li><li>demand that all national governments implement internationally recognised Core Labour Standards, including the right to organise and bargain collectively, and that these rights are included in all trade agreements; and</li><li>fight for sustainable economic development and growth as described in the document Strategies for an alternative economic programme, based on the following four pillars: <ul><li>job creation and purchasing power</li><li>debt cancellation and development assistance</li><li>regulations capital movements</li><li>reform of the global institutions of governance</li></ul></li></ul>

Solidarity and organisation: the foundation of our work

<p>The International Metalworkers' Federation boasts more than 200 affiliated unions in 100 countries and represents the interests of 25 million metalworkers worldwide.</p><h3>Congress</h3><p>Our key decision-making body is <strong>Congress,</strong> which meets once every four years and agrees to an <u><a href="index.cfm?n=673"><strong>action programme</strong></a></u> which sets out the long-term aims and goals of our work. All affiliates have the right to send delegates to Congress.</p><p>Congress also determines the <strong><a href="../index.cfm?c=20018&amp;ol=2">Rules</a></strong> of the organisation, indicating how the IMF is run.</p><h3>Committees</h3><p>The <strong>Central Committee</strong> meets once every two years and is responsible for all decisions made between Congresses.</p><p>The Congress elects the <strong>President</strong> and the <strong>General Secretary</strong> of the IMF and the <strong>Executive Committee</strong>. The Executive Committee consists of 25 members, including at least six women, and meets twice a year. All regions in the world are represented in the ExComm.</p><p>The <strong>Finance Committee</strong> consists of six members from the Executive Committee, plus the IMF President, Vice President and General Secretary. This Committee makes recommendations about financial planning and examines the IMF annual budget.</p><p>The<strong> Secretariat</strong> carries out the decisions made by Congress and the Central Committee. It is managed by the General Secretary. </p><p>The <a href="index.cfm?n=630">IMF headquarters</a> is located in Geneva, Switzerland, where the activities of the organisation are coordinated through a network of <a href="index.cfm?n=631">regional offices</a>.</p><p>IMF activities are primarily financed by affiliation fees from its member organisations. </p>

Governing bodies

<p>The International Metalworkers&#039; Federation is one of the largest and oldest Global Union Federations. </p><p>The IMF was created in August 1893 when thirty members from metalworkers unions in eight countries met in a small hotel in Zurich with the aim of creating an International Bureau, thus founding the IMF. These early members laid the foundations for international cooperation between all metalworkers&#039; unions of the world.</p><h3>Organising workers</h3><p>Data collected by the Bureau at the time showed that social and economic conditions for metalworkers were extremely difficult. Working hours in Europe ranged from 11.5 to 15 hours a day and wages were very low. Only a small number of metalworkers were organised and the structure of unions at the national level was highly fragmented.</p><p>From the beginning, solidarity between unions extended further than simply exchanging information and was focused on offering mutual support:</p><ul><li>Within the first three years, British metalworkers contributed 1,000 marks to the Solingen cutlery-makers out on a protracted strike.  </li><li>Swiss metalworkers contributed 100 Swiss francs to moulders engaged in a harsh struggle in Nuremberg. </li><li>German metalworkers later reciprocated in 1897 when British engineering workers were fighting for the eight-hour day and foundry workers in Denmark demanding higher wages were locked out. </li><li>Everywhere, especially in Germany, funds were raised, establishing a tradition of international solidarity that has significantly strengthened metalworkers&#039; unions to this day.</li></ul><h3>Eight hours work, leisure and sleep</h3><p>The early 1900&#039;s were characterised by rapid economic growth in international trade and investments. Metalworkers understood the important strategic role that the IMF could play in protecting human and trade union rights. In 1893 the first Congress wrote:</p><blockquote>&quot;Our endeavour must be to fulfil the slogan of the May Day celebrations: eight hours&#039; work, eight hours&#039; leisure, eight hours&#039; sleep.&quot;</blockquote><br /><p>In 1904, the different unions, which now included representatives from 11 countries, decided to create the International Metalworkers&#039; Federation (IMF). </p><h3>The goals of the Federation have always been to:</h3><ul><li>encourage metalworkers&#039; organisations to co-operate on trade union matters; </li><li>support unionisation efforts in countries where trade unions are weak; and </li><li>establish guidelines for effectively implementing solidarity actions during labour disputes.</li></ul>

A tradition of solidarity

<p>Scrapping ships is one of the most dangerous jobs on earth, yet most workers in this industry have little or no protection from the risks involved. Toxic-laden 'ghost ships&#039; are usually beached at ports in Asia and Turkey, ready for scrapping.</p><p>In 2003 the International Metalworkers&#039; Federation started a pilot project in Mumbai, India, where some 6,000 shipbreaking workers earn less than one US dollar a day.</p><p>Working with a local trade union, the Mumbai Port, Dock &amp; General Employees Union, the project began by providing workers with clean drinking water, safety advice, and first-aid training and equipment.  Project organisers also taught workers about their rights and encouraged them to form a union.</p><h3>Improving worker conditions</h3><p>At the same time, the International Metalworkers&#039; Federation worked with the International Labour Organisation to establish new guidelines to help improve the safety and health of these workers. The guidelines were approved in March 2004.</p><p>In 2006, the project extended to organising the shipbreaking yards further north in Alang. Early in 2008, some 250 workers organized a strike under the banner of the Alang Sosiya Ship Recycling and General Workers Association, the trade union established as a result of the project, after learning that their employer had arbitrarily cut wage rates. </p><p>The 24-hour strike proved successful. The employer met with union officials and conceded to pay wages at the former rate, a significant step towards building a strong union and defending the rights of shipbreaking workers.</p><p><a href="../shipbreaking">http://www.imfmetal.org/shipbreaking</a></p>

Reducing Shipbreaking Hazards in India

<p>In 2002, metalworkers around the world took part in two coordinated global days of action calling for the release of more than fifty imprisoned Korean trade unionists, including Korean Metal Workers&#039; Federation (KMWF) President Mun Sung-hyan and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) President and former metalworkers&#039; leader, Dan Byung-ho. </p><h3>Arrested for union activities</h3><p>In November 2001, Mun Sung-hyan took part in the International Metalworkers&#039; Federation&#039;s World Congress in Sydney, Australia. Soon after his return to Seoul he was arrested and sentenced to three years in prison. His alleged crime was that he had organised strikes and taken part in other trade union activities. Other Korean trade unionists were also jailed during the government crackdown.</p><p>Together with its Korean affiliates, the IMF organised two days of action calling for the release of all trade unionists from Korean prisons.</p><h3>IMF affiliates unite around the globe</h3><p>An unprecedented level of action was taken by IMF affiliates around the globe including Seoul, Mumbai, Berlin, Washington, Pretoria, Sydney, Tokyo, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro and Bangkok. In total, metalworkers in 65 countries participated.</p><p>Nine weeks after the first global day of action, Mun Sung-hyan was released from prison. One week after the second day of action the president of the Korean Daewoo autoworkers&#039; union, Kim Il-sup, and vice-president, Kim Sung-gap, were also set free.</p><p>Early the following year Dan Byung-ho was also finally set free.</p><p>The release of these trade unionists was a victory for workers around the world who took part in solidarity actions in support of Korean trade unions. Those who were freed went back to work, planning important actions to further the rights of Korean metalworkers.<br /><br /></p>

Release Korean Unionists!

<h3>AFRICA</h3><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="25%">South Africa</td><td width="35%">Christina Olivier</td><td width="38%">NUMSA</td></tr><tr><td>South Africa</td><td>Irvin Jim</td><td>NUMSA</td></tr><tr><td>Kenya</td><td>Maero Tindi </td><td>AUKM</td></tr><tr><td>Tunisia</td><td>Tahar Berberi</td><td>FGME-UGTT</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>ASIA AND THE PACIFIC</h3><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="25%">Indonesia</td><td width="35%">Darmawati Djunaedi Natakusumah</td><td width="38%">FSPMI</td></tr><tr><td>Japan</td><td>Koichiro Nishihara</td><td>IMF-JC</td></tr><tr><td>Australia</td><td>Paul Howes</td><td>AWU</td></tr><tr><td>India</td><td>G. Sanjeeva Reddy<br />(May 09 - May11)<br />Sanjay S. Vadhavkar<br />(Nov. 11 - May 13)</td><td>INMF<br /><br />SMEWFI<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN</h3><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="25%">Argentina</td><td width="35%">Luis García Ortiz <br />(may 09 - may 10)<br /><br />Hector Laplace<br />(nov 10 - nov 11)<br /><br />Francisco Gutierrez<br />(may 12 - may 13)</td><td width="38%">ASIMRA<br /><br /><br />AOMA<br /><br /><br />UOM</td></tr><tr><td>Colombia<br /><br /><br />Brazil</td><td><p align="left">Nohora Estela Tovar<br />(May 09 - May 11)<br /><br />Valter Sanches<br />(Nov 11 - May 13)</p></td><td>FETRAMECOL<br /><br /><br />CNM/CUT</td></tr><tr><td>Brazil</td><td>Monica de Oliveira Lourenço Velozo</td><td>CNTM</td></tr><tr><td>Mexico</td><td>Napoleón Gómez</td><td>SNTMMS</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>NORTH AMERICA</h3><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="25%">Canada</td><td width="35%">Carol Landry</td><td width="38%">USW</td></tr><tr><td>USA</td><td>Bob King</td><td>UAW</td></tr><tr><td>USA</td><td>Tom Buffenbarger</td><td>IAMAW</td></tr><tr><td>USA</td><td>Leo Gerard</td><td>USW</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>WESTERN EUROPE</h3><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>Germany</td><td>Berthold Huber </td><td>IG Metall </td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Sweden</td><td width="35%">Stefan Löfven</td><td width="38%">IF Metall </td></tr><tr><td>United Kingdom</td><td>Len McCluskey</td><td>British Section</td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td>Giuseppe Farina</td><td>FLM</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>Blandine Landas</td><td>FGMM-CFDT</td></tr><tr><td>Spain</td><td>Javier Urbina </td><td>MCA-UGT</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>CENTRAL &amp; EASTERN EUROPE</h3><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="25%">Russia</td><td width="35%">Michael Tarassenko </td><td width="38%">MMWU</td></tr><tr><td>Czech Rep.</td><td>Josef Stredula </td><td>OS KOVO</td></tr><tr><td>Macedonia</td><td>Mare Anceva </td><td>SIER</td></tr></tbody></table>

IMF Executive Committee (2009-2013)

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="no-border" style="width: 400px;height: 161px"><tbody><tr align="left" valign="top"><td align="left" valign="middle"><p>54 bis, route des Acacias<br />Case postale 1516<br />CH-1227 Geneva<br />Switzerland</p><p>Tel: tel. +41 22 308 5050 <br />Fax: tel. +41 22 308 5055<br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:info@imfmetal.org">info@imfmetal.org</a> </p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/19420_2.jpg" alt="Main entrance to the IMF building" title="Main entrance to the IMF building" width="200" height="161" align="right" /></td></tr></tbody></table>Getting to the IMF Head Office by <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=International+Metalworkers'+Federation&amp;hl=en&amp;cd=1&amp;ei=YapiS9yGBdLD_gbUrvwE&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;view=map&amp;cid=3418484417903310879&amp;ved=0CBwQpQY&amp;hq=International+Metalworkers'+Federation&amp;hnear=&amp;t=h&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A">Google maps<br /><br /></a><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="no-border" style="width: 350px;border: medium none"><tbody><tr><td><strong>General Secretary:</strong><br />Jyrki Raina<br />tel. +41 22 308 5060<br /><a href="mailto:jraina@imfmetal.org">jraina@imfmetal.org</a> </td><td align="left"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21216_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="109" /> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"><strong>Assistant <br />General Secretary:</strong> <br />Fernando Lopes<br />tel. +41 22 308 5038<br /><a href="mailto:flopes@imfmetal.org">flopes@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="left"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21229_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="110" /></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE</strong> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="no-border" style="width: 350px;border: medium none"><tbody><tr><td>Héctor Mareque <br />Assistant to <br />General Secretary<br />tel. +41 22 308 5037 <br /><a href="mailto:hmareque@imfmetal.org">hmareque@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21231_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="111" /></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margrit Reichlin <br />Administrative Coordinator<br />tel. +41 22 308 5024<br /><a href="mailto:mreichlin@imfmetal.org">mreichlin@imfmetal.org</a></p></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21235_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="110" /></td></tr><tr><td>Daniel Godel <br />Finance Officer <br />tel. +41 22 308 5069 <br /><a href="mailto:dgodel@imfmetal.org">dgodel@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21226_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="111" /></td></tr><tr><td>Daniela Truchot <br />Finance Assistant<br />tel. +41 22 308 5061 <br /><a href="mailto:dtruchot@imfmetal.org">dtruchot@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21227_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="103" /></td></tr><tr><td>Andrea Kay <br />Administrative Assistant <br />tel. +41 22 3085022 <br /><a href="mailto:eakay@imfmetal.org">eakay@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21220_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr><tr><td><a href="mailto:mreichlin@imfmetal.org"></a></td><td align="right"> </td></tr><tr><td>Joséphine Malentacchi <br />IT Coordinator<br />tel. +41 22 308 5035 <br /><a href="mailto:jmalentacchi@imfmetal.org">jmalentacchi@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21233_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="111" /></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delphine Moeckli <br />Administrative Assistant <br />tel. +41 22 308 5025 <br /><a href="mailto:dmoeckli@imfmetal.org">dmoeckli@imfmetal.org</a></p></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/22086_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="110" /></td></tr><tr><td>Antonio Barea <br />Administrative Assistant <br />tel. +41 22 308 5067 <br /><a href="mailto:abarea@imfmetal.org">abarea@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/26109_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>RIGHTS AND CAMPAIGNS, UNION BUILDING, COMMUNICATIONS </strong><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="no-border" style="width: 350px;border: medium none"><tbody><tr><td>Fernando Lopes <br />Assistant General Secretary<br />tel. +41 22 308 5038<br /><a href="mailto:flopes@imfmetal.org">flopes@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21229_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="110" /></td></tr><tr><td>Kristyne Peter <br />Director of Trade union rights <br />and campaigns <br />tel. +41 22 308 5031 <br /><a href="mailto:kpeter@imfmetal.org">kpeter@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21234_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="111" /></td></tr><tr><td>Carla Coletti <br />Director of Trade &amp; Development, <br />OECD, North Africa <br />and Middle East <br />tel. +41 22 308 5045 <br /><a href="mailto:ccoletti@imfmetal.org">ccoletti@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21241_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="110" /></td></tr><tr><td>Suzana Miller <br />Project Officer <br />tel. +41 22 308 5030 <br /><a href="mailto:smiller@imfmetal.org">smiller@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21240_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="105" /></td></tr><tr><td>Anita Gardner <br />Communications Director<br />tel. +41 22 308 5032 <br /><a href="mailto:agardner@imfmetal.org">agardner@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21219_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="107" /></td></tr><tr><td>Alexander Ivanou <br />Communications Officer<br />tel. +41 22 308 5033 <br /><a href="mailto:aivanou@imfmetal.org">aivanou@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21221_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="110" /></td></tr><tr><td>Cherisse Fredricks <br />Comm's and campaigns assistant <br />tel. +41 22 308 5023 <br /><a href="mailto:cfredricks@imfmetal.org">cfredricks@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21224_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr><tr><td>Sarah Flores <br />Administrative Assistant  <br />tel. +41 22 308 5029<br /><a href="mailto:eantoniades@imfmetal.org">mailto:eantoniades@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/26108_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>INDUSTRIAL AND TNC POLICIES </strong><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="no-border" style="width: 350px;border: medium none"><tbody><tr><td><p>Rob Johnston <br />Executive Director for <br />Industrial and TNC policies<br />steel<br />tel. +41 22 308 5028 <br /><a href="mailto:rjohnston@imfmetal.org">rjohnston@imfmetal.org</a></p></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21237_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="106" /> </td></tr><tr><td>Jenny Holdcroft <br />Director of ICT, Aerospace, <br />tel. +41 22 308 5034<br /><a href="mailto:jholdcroft@imfmetal.org">jholdcroft@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21232_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="110" /></td></tr><tr><td>Anne-Marie Mureau <br />Mechanical Engineering and<br />Research Director<br />South East Europe<br />tel. +41 22 308 5041 <br /><a href="mailto:ammureau@imfmetal.org">ammureau@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/21217_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="115" /></td></tr><tr><td>Helmut Lense <br />Automotive Director<br />tel. +41 22 308 5027 <br /><a href="mailto:hlense@imfmetal.org">hlense@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/22635_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr><tr><td>Kan Matsuzaki  <br />Director of Shipbuilding and<br />Non-Manual workers<br />tel. +41 22 308 5016 <br /><a href="mailto:kmatsuzaki@imfmetal.org">kmatsuzaki@imfmetal.org</a></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/23951_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr><tr><td>Amandine Iwachow <br />Administrative Assistant<br />tel. +41 22 308 5042<br /><a href="mailto:aiwachow@imfmetal.org">aiwachow@imfmetal.org</a><a href="mailto:dmoeckli@imfmetal.org"></a><br /></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/26107_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr><tr><td>Janire Escubi <br />Administrative Assistant<br />tel. +41 22 308 5036<br /><a href="mailto:aiwachow@imfmetal.org">mailto:aiwachow@imfmetal.org</a><a href="mailto:dmoeckli@imfmetal.org"></a><br /><br /></td><td align="right"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/26610_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="107" /></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<h3>SOUTH ASIA</h3><p>IMF South Asia Office<br />Linz House<br />159-A Gautam Nagar<br />NEW DELHI 110 049<br />INDIA <br />Tel: (91/11) 2653 7125 - 5184 1138 - 2651 4283<br />Fax: (91/11) 2685 2813<br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:sao@imfmetal.org">sao@imfmetal.org</a><br />Website: <a href="../asiapacific">http://www.imfmetal.org/asiapacific</a></p><table border="0" class="no-border"><tbody><tr><td><p>Regional representative: </p><p><strong>Sudharshan Rao</strong> </p></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/22046_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr><tr><td><p>Research and<br />communications officer:</p><strong>Gopalakrishnan Manicandan</strong></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/23950_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Staff:</p><p><strong>M. Balasubramaniyan</strong></p></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/23949_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr></tbody></table><h3><br />SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC</h3><p>IMF Southeast Asia and Pacific Office<br />No. 10-3, Jalan PJS 8/4<br />Dataran Mentari, Bandar Sunway<br />46150 PETALING JAYA<br />Selangor Darul Ehsan<br />MALAYSIA <br />Tel: (60/3) 5638 7904<br />Fax: (60/3) 5638 7902<br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:seao@imfmetal.org">seao@imfmetal.org</a> </p><table border="0" class="no-border"><tbody><tr><td><p>Regional representative: </p><p><strong>P. Arunasalam</strong></p></td><td><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/22042_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="110" /> </td></tr></tbody></table>Website: <a href="../asiapacific">http://www.imfmetal.org/asiapacific</a><br /><h3><br />LATIN AMERICA &amp; THE CARIBBEAN</h3><p>IMF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean<br />Avenida 18 de Julio <br />Nº1528 Piso <br />12 unidad 1202 <br />Montevideo <br />URUGUAY<br />Tel: +59 82 408 0813<br />Fax: +59 82 408 0813<br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:fitimalc@imfmetal.org">fitimalc@imfmetal.org</a> <br />Website: <a href="../lacro">www.imfmetal.org/lacro</a></p><table border="0" class="no-border"><tbody><tr><td><p>Regional representative: </p><p><strong>Jorge Almeida</strong></p></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/22048_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="111" /></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education officer: </p><p><strong>Marino Vani</strong></p></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/22051_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="112" /></td></tr><tr><td>  <p>Administrative Assistant:</p><p><strong>Fernanda Gastellù </strong></p></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/27790_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr><tr><td>  <p>Finance Depatement:</p><p><strong>Lorena Gallego</strong></p></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/27789_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="111" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><h3><br />AFRICA</h3><p>IMF Africa Regional Office<br />156 Gerard Seketo<br />(corner Gwigwi Mrwebi)<br />Newtown<br />JOHANNESBURG 2001<br />REP. of SOUTH AFRICA</p><p><em>Postal address:<br /></em>IMF Africa Regional Office<br />P.O. Box 31016<br />BRAAMFONTEIN 2017<br />REP. of SOUTH AFRICA <br />Tel: ((27/11) 492 0301 - 492 0302 - 492 0303 - 492 0304 - 492 0294<br />Fax: (27/11) 492 0293<br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:aro@imfmetal.org">aro@imfmetal.org</a> <br />Website: <a href="../africa">www.imfmetal.org/africa</a></p><table border="0" class="no-border"><tbody><tr><td><p>Regional representative: </p><p><strong>Herman Lekubu Nlatleng</strong> </p></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/22086_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Staff:</p><p><strong>Kamla Naidoo</strong></p></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/22086_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>CIS COUNTRIES</h3><p>IMF Regional Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States<br />Str.2, d.13, Grokholsky per.,<br />Room 203<br />12090 MOSCOW<br />RUSSIA <br />Tel: (7/495) 974 6111<br />Fax: (7/495) 974 1622<br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:cisro@imfmetal.org">cisro@imfmetal.org</a><br />Website: <a href="../cisro">http://www.imfmetal.org/cisro</a> </p><table border="0" class="no-border"><tbody><tr><td><p>Regional representative: </p><p><strong>Vadim Borisov</strong> </p></td><td><img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/22049_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="108" /> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Assistant regional<br />representative: </p><p><strong>Natalia Afonina</strong> </p></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/22053_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="110" /></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications officer: </p><p><strong>Ilya matveev</strong></p></td><td> <img src="/wp-content/uploads/articles/23948_2.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="113" /></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) represents the collective interests of 25 million metalworkers from more than 200 unions in 100 countries. The IMF is a federation of national metalworkers' unions - a 'union of unions' at world level, and one of the oldest Global Union Federations. </p><p>The IMF aims to improve metalworkers' wages, working and living conditions and defends the rights of metalworkers at a global level.</p><p>To achieve this, we work with <a href="index.cfm?n=628">national affiliates</a> with the aim of building a strong international labour movement.</p><p>Worldwide activities of the IMF are co-ordinated from our <a href="index.cfm?n=630">headquarters</a> in Geneva, Switzerland together with our network of <a href="index.cfm?n=631">regional offices</a>.</p><h3>Solidarity in action</h3><p>Read about the work of the IMF in action, as showcased in our case studies: </p><ul><li><a href="index.cfm?c=17919">Global action against precarious work</a></li><li><a href="index.cfm?c=19354">Asking for justice in Mexico!</a></li><li><a href="index.cfm?c=19355">Reducing shipbreaking hazards in India</a></li><li><a href="index.cfm?c=19356">Release Korean Unionists!</a></li><li><a href="index.cfm?c=19357">Organizing women workers in Indonesia</a></li><li><a href="../index.cfm?c=20712">Building sustainable unions in Africa</a></li></ul>

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