The International Metalworkers Federation: An International Labor StudyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 192 pages |
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action activities Address adopted affiliated organizations AFL-CIO Amalgamated Engineering Union America Arthur Gailly Article Association of Machinists Belgium British Section Central Committee CISC Coal and Steel concerned Cont'd contributions cooperation countries decisions Denmark discussion dues employers Europe Executive Committee Federation of Trade free trade unions French Fritz Opel full employment Germany governments Graedel ICFTU IFTU IMF affiliates IMF Bulletin IMF Congress IMF meetings IMF Secretariat IMF's Industrial Departments interests International Federation International Metalworkers International Trade Secretariats International Trade Union Iron and Steel Irving Brown Italy labor movement leadership Luxembourg membership ment metal industry Metal Trades Department metalworker organizations metalworker unions national centers national unions Officers organisations ouvriers participation political President problems production relations representatives resolution Reuther Rules Socialist solidarity Swedish Metalworkers Swiss francs tion Trade and Industrial Trade Union Movement underdeveloped areas Victor Reuther wages Walter Reuther WFTU
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Page 155 - The International Trade Secretariats pledge themselves not to take final decisions in regard to general questions which lie outside the domain of their respective trades, or in regard to special questions affecting the interest of...
Page 75 - higher standards of living," "full employment," "conditions of economic and social progress and development," "solutions of international economic, social, health, and related problems," "international cultural and educational cooperation," and "universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
Page 155 - Unions can be strengthened, and the changes that should be made in regard to these relations in view of the industrial development in the various countries. (b) The carrying out of the decisions of the International Trade Union Congresses. <c) The .manner in which the Press Service of the International Trade Secretariats can be developed and improved, with the co-operation or assistance of the International Federation of Trade Unions.
Page 157 - Labor). (d) Organisations not affiliated with their National Trade Union Centre, if this latter belongs to a Trade Union International which is opposed to the International Federation of Trade Unions.
Page 157 - It shall be a fundamental principle that only the following organisations may affiliate with an International Trade Secretariat : — (a) Organisations which are affiliated with their respective National Trade Union Centres, which in turn are affiliated with the International Federation of Trade Unions. (b) Organisations which are in no way associated with any other •International (eg organisations belonging to the Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions, which federation is not affiliated with any...
Page 104 - The International Metalworkers' Federation is an International association of the trade and industrial unions of metalworkers of those countries which safeguard in principle and practice the rights and liberties of all citizens and permit free trade unions. Trade and industrial unions affiliated with the International Metalworkers...
Page 160 - Meeting the grounds upon which the application is based. The application for relief sent by the Executive Committee to the national centers shall contain a short statement of the causes of the conflict, the considered opinion of the IFTU, and, if this is possible, definite proposals as to the best method of assistance to be adopted.
Page 159 - The national center of which the organization to be aided belongs must send in to the IFTU an application, supplemented by a statement of the reasons of it. The statement of reasons must contain a summarized account of the causes and previous history of the conflict, and a survey of the organizational strength...
Page 155 - IFTU; (b) organisations which are in no way associated with any other International (eg organisations belonging to the Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions, which Federation is not affiliated with any of the existing Internationals); (c...
Page 43 - It endeavours to achieve, through the co-operation and solidarity of all affiliated trade and industrial unions in the metal industry and trades, security of employment in these trades and a raising of the material, social and educational standards of metalworkers.