All the network participants, however, regarded RSI(Repetitive Strain Injury) as the most widespread and pressing problem in this connection. RSI is a health impairment caused mainly by frequent repetition of the same rapid movements and associated with chronic arm and/or shoulder pain. Even though many RSI sufferers have had to give up work for this reason or have even been dismissed by the company, Nestlé in Latin America refuses to recognise RSI in general as an occupational disease. The IUF Latin American regional federation has made RSI a focal point of its political work and has, áåíÉê=~äá~ , published a book on RSI which was presented at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. The federation‘s RSI campaign is designed to achieve not only general recognition for RSI as an occupational disease but also effective measures against working conditions that trigger RSI, such as a lengthening of cycle times and a reduction in the pace of work, the use of mechanical aids and the introduction of regular breaks or shorter working times. It became clear at the meeting that RSI is a widespread phenomenon in the Latin American Nestlé factories and that people are keen to take joint measures to combat it. 3.5. Global network activities: the meeting in Oberjosbach(Germany) in spring 2004 After 1993, in connection with an IUF conference in Stockholm, and 1999 in Manila, the third Nestlé global trade union meeting was held in Oberjosbach in 2004. It was attended by delegates from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa(for the African network), from Australia and Korea(for the Asia-Pacific network), from Bulgaria, Russia and Ukraine (for the Eastern Europe network), from the Dominican Republic(for the Latin American network), and lastly from Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain and Hungary(for the Nestlé European Council). Also present were the future network co-ordinators for the Africa, Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe regions, the secretary general of the IUF Latin American 29