World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) has called upon the working people in all the continents to observe 3rd October as International Day of Action.

For the last few years, WFTU has been organising International Day of Action.

In 2009, the Day was observed on 1st April, with slogans on Rights of Workers and against Exploitation.

In 2010, this day was observed on 7th September. With the deepening crisis in the capitalist world, the 2010 slogan was ‘we will not pay for their crisis’, raising demands for safeguarding the hard earned rights of workers.

In India, it was a coincidence that the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and National Federations observed countrywide General strike; on that day, demanding changes in policies of the Govt. and also pressing urgent demands of toiling masses in the country.

The 16th Congress of WFTU was held in Athens, Greece, in April 2011. It was this Congress, which decided to observe the International Day, on 3rd October, the Foundation Day of WFTU.
( From Article by Com. A.K.Padmanabhan, CITU President)