European Metalworkers' Federation
The European Metalworkers' Federation is
the umbrella organisation representing 65 metalworkers' unions from
30 countries with a combined total of 6.5 million affiliates.
The EMF acts on behalf of representative
metalworkers' unions from all the Member States of the European
Union as well as from Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Norway, Iceland,
Croatia, Serbia and Switzerland. The EMF is therefore the
representative body defending the interests of workers in the
European metal industry.
Peter Scherrer (IG Metall, Germany) is the
General Secretary of the EMF and Bart Samyn (CMB, Belgium) is the
Deputy General Secretary. The President of the EMF is Tony Janssen
(CCMB, Belgium).
EMF aims
One of the EMF's main aims is the deepening
of the social dimension in the process of European integration. The
EMF contributes to the deepening of the social dimension by
representing the economic and social interests of workers in the
metal industry at European level.
The EMF advocates a social Europe
characterised by democracy, freedom, social justice and solidarity.
The EMF defends and promotes the ability of the European social
model to face up to future challenges. At the same time it supports
Europe's political and economic integration, whilst bearing in mind
the unions' traditions and roots in the culture of their own
respective nation states.
