Reports are being received from many places about the observation of the International Action Day called by the World Federation of Trade Unions(WFTU).For the first time a call from the WFTU has been observed on a vast scale in India. The issues raised in the Action Day are fully related to the Indian Conditions also and it has attracted the attention of the workers. The demands have already been mentioned in the earlier write ups.
In New Delhi it was observed by holding a convention at Rajendra Bhawan, near ITO. It was orgnaised under the Left trade unions AITUC, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC,AICCTU and UTUC. A good number of trade union leaders and workers participated. Leaders of all the above trade unions addressed including Com. A.K.Padmanabhan (President CITU) and Com. H.Mahadevan (AITUC) and focussed on the importance of the demands and the necessity of stronger ties between the WFTU affiliates.
There are unions from 103 countries affiliated to the WFTU and it is expected that the International Day might have been organised in all these countries. If that is so, WFTU is coming back to its past glory. It is a good sign for the working class.