Secretariat Report 2011 (pdf) - International Metalworkers' Federation

Secretariat Report for the Central Committee of the IMF
11. Administration
IMF Executive Committee members show their solidarity for Juan Linares in Geneva.
Photo: IMF / 2010
IMF’s Finance and Executive Committee have met twice a year. In addition to
discussions on IMF’s priority action areas, administration and finances, the
Executive Committee has handled the unification process between the IMF, ICEM
and ITGLWF at all its meetings. A joint Task Force was set up in June 2010, and it
has received support from working groups on finances and statutes. A joint IMF-
ICEM-ITGLWF Executive Committee meeting in May 2011 confirmed agreements
on key points in the statutes and finances of the new global union, and decided to
propose to IMF’s Central Committee and ICEM’s Congress that dissolution and
founding Congresses be held on 18-20 June 2012 in Copenhagen. Another working
group was set up to draft an Action Plan for the new organization.
Some months after the World Congress 2009, the General Secretary confirmed a
new organization to make sure it is effective, result-oriented and able to put into
practice the Congress decisions. The new organization was arranged along four
functional lines:
Rights and Campaigns, Union Building and Communications. A new unit
is Trade Union Rights and Campaigns, to highlight our need to ensure an
effective reaction to violations of trade union rights, and to build proactive
campaigns in different areas.
Industrial and TNC Policies, which has the responsibility for trade union
networks in transnational companies, international framework agreements
(IFA), sectoral questions and industrial policy issues such as climate change.
Finance and Administration
Regional Offices in Montevideo (Uruguay), Johannesburg (South Africa),
Moscow (Russia), New Delhi (India) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), reporting
directly to the General Secretary.
A number of people received new responsibilities. There have also been changes in
positions because of retirements.
During the past two years the following colleagues have left or retired from the IMF
head office and regional offices: Ron Blum, Magnus Palmgren, Robert Steiert,
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