Machinists Union and Swedish Metalworkers Form Alliance

Stockholm, Sweden, May 09, 2007 – Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the Swedish Metalworkers Union (IF Metall) today announced a trans-Atlantic union alliance to coordinate communications and collective bargaining at companies that employ members of both labor organizations.“We affirm our resolve to find new and innovative strategies that will have a real and direct impact on ensuring security, dignity, and respect for our members,” declared the document establishing the alliance, signed today in Stockholm by IAM International President