Project on industrial policy developments in the Balkans

Together with IG Metall and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), the EMF has launched a new project to develop a survey on the developments and prospects in the metal and textile industries in the South-Eastern Europe region.

Promoting green employment

Belgian Presidency Ministerial Conference on 'Promoting green employment: a major and indispensable driver behind a successful transition towards a competitive low carbon economy' on 28-29 September takes place in La Hulpe (Brussels), Belgium.

EMF-ETUI Industrial Policy Summer School

The joint EMF-ETUI (European Trade Union Institute) Industrial Policy Summer School, taking place from 31 August to 2 September in Croatia, will kick off with a welcome address and presentation by Vedran Dragicevic, President of the Croatian Metalworkers' Federation, on the situation in Croatia.

Second EMF focus meeting on semiconductors

On 6 September the EMF is arranging a second meeting on the semiconductor industry. The meeting focuses on the European Commission Initiative on Key Enabling Technologies (KET) and the new EMF position on semiconductors.

Collective Bargaining Summer College in Portugal

The Education Department of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) will organise a joint course on collective bargaining with the three European industry federations EMF, ETUF-TCL and EMCEF.

It will be held from 13 to 15 September 2010 in Portugal.

Unions visit steel mills in China

A small delegation from the European and International Metalworkers' Federations (EMF & IMF) recently visited two steel mills in China (Hunan Province). At the request of ArcelorMittal the unions looked at the different production, practice, health and safety and even cultural differences between the way the company operates in China compared to in other parts of the world.