“…The story is set in motion by a series of outrages and humiliations perpetrated on the workers of a metalworks plant. The Czarist regime is unsympathetic to the workers, characteristically helping the plant owners to subjugate the hapless victims. …”

“…"This publication summarizes the knowledge and experience accumulated during the six-year cooperation launched in 2004 by the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) with the intention of carrying out joint cross-border projects to improve the working conditions of European metal industry workers. …”

“…"The stories in this book come to life through the voices of remarkable individuals: child laborers in Dickensian England, visionary women on Parisian barricades, gun-toting railway strikers in America’s Wild West, and beer-swilling German metalworkers who tried to stop World War I. It is a story of urban slums, self-help cooperatives, choirs and brass bands, free love, and self-education by candlelight. …”

“…Find out whether in the law of June 1936, on the 40-hour week, there was any provision made for the rate of pay for overtime. For instance, metalworkers' collective agreements contained a clause for time-and-a-quarter for the first two hours' overtime, and time-and-a-half for subsequent overtime. 2. …”

“…Tewson, I don't suppose there will be any objection to the request made by the International Metalworkers' Federation, and if you agree to the suggestion made by Mr. …”

“…026-0025-001 International Metalworkers' Federation Established 1893 International Secretary: CONRAD ILG. …”

“…This policy brief examines the practice of concession bargaining taking as its starting point a campaign on agency work conducted by the German metalworkers union IG Metall. The policy brief concludes that concession bargaining comes at the expense of the peripheral workforce and undermines, in the long run, the working conditions and wages of core workers. …”

“…The report also examines collectively agreed pay increases in three selected sectors (metalworking, banking and local government), current wage rates and minimum wage increases, increases in average earnings, as well as the extent of the gender pay gap across all countries."…”

“…McKenna left yesterday for a meeting of the Metalworkers International in Switzerland, but we are forwarding your letter on to him to-day so that it will be in his possession in good time for the meeting. …”

“…Drawing primarily on information collected by Eurofound across all EU Member States and Norway, it focuses in particular on five sectors: chemicals, metalworking, banking, retail and public administration. …”

“…Thomas McKenna, O.B.E., International Metalworkers' Federation, 93, Borough Road West, MIDDLESBROUGH. …”

“…Thomas McKenna, O.B.E., International Metalworkers' Federation, 93, Borough Road West, MIDDLESBROUGH. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Yugoslav government resigns <br/>- BBC listeners choose Gorbachev as man of the year, Thatcher as woman of the year <br/>- Pan Am catastrophe <br/>- Armenian earthquake <br/>- State of the Polish economy <br/>- Extremist Islamic group threatens more anti-American actions <br/>- Ceauşescu interview in Die Welt <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Presidential Council exempts 120 persons from punishment related to the events of 1956 <br/>- Pope appoints new Hungarian head priest <br/>- Hungarian evangelical church presidium protests against bishop Gyula Nagy in recriminations on the radio and in the press <br/>- Gödöllő Engineering Works loses half its orders following drop in defense expenditure <br/>- Parliament to decide at the beginning of next year on the Budapest-Vienna World Exposition <br/>- Energy supply <br/>- Health reform <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Trust formed from January 1 by Ózd Metalworks, Diósgyőr Lenin Metalworks and Borsodi Ore Preparatory Works <br/>- Trade banks, financial matters <br/>- Does Hungarian arable land have any value? …”

“…This study is the first to provide a detailed analysis of the process of negotiating European company-level agreements based on ten company case studies as well as a quantitative study of European company-level bargaining in the metalworking industry. The study provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging order of European company-level industrial relations and the strategies and assessments of the key actors, with a particular focus on the emergence of a new and dynamic interplay between EWCs and trade unions at the national and European levels. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Changes in Albania <br/>- CPSU session <br/>- Polish agriculture minister resigns <br/>- NATO summit <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Independent Smallholders', Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (FKGP)'s efforts to win power <br/>- Debate on how to elect the President of the Republic <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Unlawful Soviet demands <br/>- Possible strikes on Hungarian seafarers <br/>- Salgótarján Metalworks purchased <br/>- Problems at Videoton Külpolitika: <br/>- Változások Albániában <br/>- SZKP-ülés <br/>- Lemondott a lengyel mezőgazdasági miniszter <br/>- NATO-csúcs <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- A Független Kisgazdapárt hatalmi törekvései <br/>- Vita az elnökválasztás módjáról <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Jogtalan szovjet követelések <br/>- Sztrájkolhatnak a magyar tengerjáróhajókon <br/>- Salgótarjáni kohászati üzemek megvásárlása <br/>- Gondok a Videotonnál…”

“…Under the chairmanship of Bart Samyn, Deputy General Secretary of the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF), the five ETUI-REHS national partners - Finland, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom - presented the main findings of a project on forklift trucks (FLTs), together with a selection of design issues arising directly out of users' experience. …”

“…It uses a diverse range of comparative case studies to describe the struggles of workers and unions in industries such as local government, music, metalworking, chemicals, meat-packing, and logistics, to argue against the thesis that unions act primarily to protect labour market insiders at the expense of outsiders."…”

“…In the 1950s, Aronowitz was a factory metalworker. In the ’50s and ’60s, he directed organizing with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers. …”

“…Yours faithfully, Thomas McKenna INTERNATIONAL METALWORKERS FEDERATION 292/946/12a/12…”

“…A dialogue along sectoral lines has been set in motion by employer and labour organisations from a current total of 43 economic sectors of the European economy (from metalworking through road transport to public services and many others). …”