Helsinki (27.05.2009 - Juhani Artto) "Our unity is the base of our force", Jyrki Raina said on Monday, in Gothenburg, after having been elected as the new General Secretary of the International Metalworkers' Federation IMF. The same starting point characterises his writings referred to, in the course of years, by Trade Union News from Finland. He has also strongly promoted the international dimension of the trade union movement. In late 1980's, Raina began his trade union career, as a lawyer, in the Finnish Chemical Workers' Union. 

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