The Union of industries and trades of the metallurgy ( UIMM ) is a French professional federation gathering Entrepreneur S of the trade of the metallurgy.

Its president is Denis Gautier-Sauvagnac since March 16th, 2006, but this last announced on October 23rd, 2007 its resignation of this station, while remaining its acting general.

The operational level of the UIMM is carried out by territorial employers' federations, primarily departmental. The organization is member of the Medef and is one of its most influential branches.

History

August 1st The UIMM is the most former national employers' federation of France. It was created on January 28th 1901 and was called then the Union of metallurgical and mining industries and industries which are attached to it in answer for Alexandre Millerand then Minister commercial and industry to set up a legislation envisaging the election of delegated workshop. It is resulting from the Comité of the forging mills of 1864.

During the XXe century, its influence is extremely important in the Patronat French, in particular in the definition of its social doctrines the Echoes report in their edition of the Tuesday, October 16, 2007 that the UIMM would have one war treasure fed in particular by a case of solidarity antigrève (" Epim") constituted following the events of May 1968 and evaluated today to 160 million Euro S. the funds also could taken part in the financing of wage earners associations.

Mr. Gaultier-Sauvagnac confirmed on October 23rd, 2007 with journalists, the existence of” a called ““mutual relief fund EPIM” (professional mutual aid of industries of the metallurgy) exists since 1972. It was supplied by contribution of 0,2/1000 (0,4 as from 2001) of the wage bill of the adherent companies. The objective was to come to assistance of companies of resulting from a social conflict. It was also used for height of approximately 2 million euros for the “financing of various organizations of our social life”. It indicated that its “error is not to have stops the system” when he became acting general. Consequently, he announced his resignation in November 2007 of the presidency of the UIMM.

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