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TRADE UNION INTEGRATIONS ARE A GOOD RESPONSE TO CRISIS IN TRADE UNIONS AND GLOBALIZATION, SAYS KLAUS PRIEGNITZ, ‘’IG METALL’’ COORDINATOR FOR SOUTHEAST EUROPE

TRADE UNION INTEGRATION – A GOOD CHOICE




Belgrade, September 13, 2007
It is little known that within the name of German Metal Workers Union (IG Metall) there are also employees working in textile industry, wood working and plastics production. The reason for such diverse composition is in unionist integrations dating from the 90-ies of the last century. Starting from the fact that German trade unions are a ‘’benchmark and criterion’’ of unionist organizing, it is easy to draw a conclusion that, if German unions are integrated, then other unions should do this too, which have reached a level of organization and unionist consciousness, so that they could realize this. In a similar way, this explanation has been given by Klaus Priegnitz, addressing the representatives of MWBU and BU – TLF on the occasion of his visit.

Presenting the current situation in German unionist movement and economic trends from the 90-ies of the XX century, one came to a conclusion that the reasons for uniting of these unions were as of economic nature so also of the present globalization trends in German economy. Similar reasons and motives induced the MWBU and BU – TLF to make brave historical steps forward, not to talk about identities and the things being lost, but to look straight into the future of members and employees and the needs they will have in the time ahead of us.

A proposal was put forward that the future name of integrated trade unions should be ‘’Nezavisnost’’ Industrial Trade Union of Serbian Metal and Textile Workers. On this way of maturing, we can expect, as until now, a brotherly, solidarity support by colleagues of IGM ‘’Metall’’, who have been great supporters of the ‘’Nezavisnost’’ Trade Union’s activities so far.

 
     
 
 
 
 
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