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.
8 November, 2001Top official of British Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, in Australia for IMF Congress, returns to the UK because of the tragedy.
7 November, 2001Commission decides non-union contracts are discriminatory and victimise workers who choose collective bargaining rights.
5 November, 2001There is concern that the visa rejections are based on discrimination against delegates coming from Muslim African countries.
29 October, 2001With the decrease in orders, the VW European Works Council has passed a resolution demanding that governments launch an incentives programme.
