The International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) was a global union federation of metalworkers' trade unions, founded in Zürich, Switzerland in August 1893. the IMF had more than 200 member organisations in 100 countries, representing a combined membership of 25 million workers.
History
The federation was founded as the International Metallurgists' Bureau of Information. In 1904, the International Secretariat of Foundry Workers merged into the federation, which renamed itself as the "International Metalworkers' Federation". From 1921, its constitution called for not only international co-operation to improve wages and conditions, but also for workers to take over the means of production.
Membership of the federation reached 1.9 million in 1930, but fell to only 190,000 in 1938, hit by the international depression. By 1947, membership had reached a new high of 2.7 million, and the federation took a leading role in opposing the World Federation of Trade Unions, instead becoming a founding constituent of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
The international headquarters of IMF was based in Geneva, Switzerland. There were regional offices in Johannesburg, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Santiago, Mexico City, and a project office in Russia.
In June 2012, the IMF merged into the new global federation IndustriALL Global Union.
Affiliates
The following unions were affiliated in 2009:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Union !! Abbreviation !! Country !! Affiliated membership (2008)
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| All Russia Defence Industry Workers' Union || ARDIWU || Russia || 25,000
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| Atlas Copco Employees' Federation || || India ||
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| Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union || AMWU || Australia || 80,000
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| Australian Workers' Union || AWU || Australia ||
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| Automobile and Agricultural Machinery Workers' Union of Ukraine || AAMWU || Ukraine || 15,000
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| Autonomous Metalworkers' Union of Serbia || AMUS || Serbia ||
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| Bangladesh Metalworkers' Federation || BMF || Bangladesh ||
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| Bangladesh Metalworkers' League || BML || Bangladesh ||
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| Christian Union of Belgian Metalworkers || CCMB || Belgium || 110,000
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| CO-Industry || CO-industri || Denmark || 184,797
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| Committee of Metal Industry Unions || CMIU || Hong Kong || 5,011
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| Cyprus Industrial Workers' Federation || OVIEK-SEK || Cyprus || 4,000
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| Electrical Industries Workers' Union || || Malaysia ||
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| Engineering Workers' Union of Russia || EWU || Russia || 21,969
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| Federation of Hungarian Metal Workers' Unions || VASAS || Hungary || 27,472
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| Federation of Indonesia Metal Workers' Unions || FSPMI || Indonesia || 125,376
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| Federation of Metal || ELA-STV || Spain || 31,633
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| Federation of Metal, Construction and Related Trades || MCA-UGT || Spain ||
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| Federation of Metallurgy CFE-CGC || || France || 28,472
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| Federation of Metal-Mechanical Workers || FLM || Italy || 260,000
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| Federation of Mineral and Metallurgical Workers' Commissions || FM/CC.OO. || Spain || 85,000
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| FO Metals || FO Metaux || France ||
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| General Federation of Mines and Metallurgy || FGMM || France || 80,000
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| IF Metall || IF Metall || Sweden || 254,648
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| IG Metall || IG Metall || Germany || 1,497,637
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| Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union || ICU || Ghana || 2,698
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| International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers || IAM-Canada || Canada || 37,275