IF Metall Local Official

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IF Metall Local Official
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The official and the members

• Knowledge
• Respect members opinions and needs
• EMF seminar
• Always seek a relationship with members
• Understanding of individual problems, concerns
  and situations
• Service commitment, find practical solutions to
  the members problems

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The official and the employers organisation

• Knowledge and experience
• Regulatory system, problem areas and current
  situations
• Constructive, always try to find constructive
  solutions
• Deeply rooted in local affairs, broad local
  support within the organisation and among members
• Respect role assignment, act calmly and
  purposefully
• Integrity, professional realtionship, never any
  doubt that union official represents members
  interests

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The union
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IF Metall Local Official now and in the future

• The growing role of a trade union official
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• The role of a trade union official is fast
  expanding
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• Societys progress is influencing union work in
  several ways
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• Globalisation and internationalisation, contact
  with other unions in other countries
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• Technical progress and changes it brings
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• New ways of communication with members, elected
  representatives and the world around us

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More than a routine job

• Being an official in the union is more than an
  ordinary job
• Working with a strong commitment on behalf of the
  members
• Within the organisation recruiting new members,
  union representatives
• Creating local unions, strengthen the
  organisation
• At the workplace, representing members in
  negotiations, signing new collective agreements

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Requirements of the trade union official and IF
Metall

• Right official for the right place
• Introduction and training 
• Relation between the official, elected
  representatives, members and other employees
  within the union
• Relations between employers organisations and
  society (company?)
• Organisational skills, ability to prioritise,
  plan and delegate
• Personal qualities, commitment, competence,
  ability to listen, develop approaches to work
• Share the unions core value
• Good balance between work, family and leisure

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Recruitment for IF Metall official

• Carefully planned in advance
• Choose the right person for the right job
• Targeted recruiting
• Skills profile for the relevant job
• Age preferred in relation to other personnel
• Gender only a minority are woman
• Immigrant same situation
• Education, professional background, experience of
  trade union work
• Personal characteristics

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The official and the elected representatives

• Local advisory bord is the management
• IF Metalls Executive Committee ultimately
  responsible
• Mutal respect between official and the elected
  representatives
• Carried out faithfully and with the best
  implement boards, directives and decisions
• The local board provides promising job
  opportunities, no unreasonable demands