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Report of WFTU APRO Meeting at Chennai

21 Sunday May 2017

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The 2017 WFTU APRO meeting started on 20th May 2017 in the city of Chennai India hosted by AIBEA India with the participation of 13 countries affiliates of WFTU and 45 trade unions from all Asia Pacific area.

The meeting is conducted by cde Mahadevan Deputy general secretary of WFTU and director of APRO. In the meeting are also present with important speeches cde Swadesh Dev Roye, deputy general secretary of the WFTU and the presidential council members from the area.

The WFTU General Secretary George Mavrikos has spoken today, May 20th at the APRO Meeting, giving the full picture of the international trade union movement.

The WFTU General Secretary pointed the daily tasks and challenges of the working class, he underlined the need of strengthening the APRO with many activities in all countries and the importance of the trade union formation and training.

The WFTU General Secretary in his speech gave the guidelines of the declarations of the 17th World Trade Union Congress.(Report from WFTU)

May Day Greetings from WFTU

30 Sunday Apr 2017

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WFTU Statement on May Day 2017
20 Apr 2017
1 MAY , MAY DAY
“But, if you think That by hanging us, you can stamp out the labor movement – the movement from  the downtrodden millions, the millions Who toil and live in want and misery – the Slavic wage – expect salvation – if this is your opinion, Then hang us! Here you will tread upon a spark, purpose there, and there, and behind you and in front of you, and everywhere, flames will blaze up. It is a subterranean fire. You can not put it out.”

August Spies, 31, on August 20, 1886. One of the leaders hanged in Chicago, USA.

The World Federation of Trade Unions on the occasion of the International Workers’ Day on May 1st conveys its militant greetings to all the workers of the planet Who struggle for the fulfillment of Their contemporary needs through their trade union organisations.

May Day is a landmark in the workers’ Struggles all over the world, since 1886 the demands of migrant workers in Chicago are still relevant today. Their continuous struggle today in the struggle for permanent work with rights, social security, free health and education, dignified life. Like Then, in Chicago the migrant workers, who had gone to the USA for work, Stood in the first line of the class struggle, aussi Nowadays the millions of migrant workers can Intensify the Struggles contre capitalist barbarity with active Their and militant participation in the trade unions.

This year is marked by the sharpening of the intra-imperialist Antagonisms because qui Even Greater intensification of the exploitation of the peoples, as well as the risk of a generalized war. The Developments in Africa, Middle East, Asia and Europe Prove the aggressiveness of the capital Against the workers’ movement, make Thousands of people turn to immigration to escape the war zone, while the US and the European governments pretend That They Want to help the Refugees to survive.

The workers all over the world are worried about the aggressiveness of the US government, of NATO and Their Allies Who in order to gain new markets and rob the natural resources of the countries, are Bombarding the peoples of Syria, are killing children in Palestine are pushing the Venezuelan people to civil conflict, are Threatening with the use of nuclear weapons in the Korean peninsula area. They are Those Who dropped the Largest conventional bomb in Afghanistan, They Are la même Imperialists Who Support and Collaborate with gouvernement du Ukraine qui est supported by fascists, They Are la même Who Tolerate media and the Israeli policies in the Middle East.

These intra-imperialist Antagonisms are Deteriorating Even More the financial position of the workers and the pensioners. There is a generalized cut in salaries and pensions, privatizations in social security, public health and education, Increase of unemployment, “black” work and restrictions of trade union Freedoms. In this general picture the working class and the peoples are being prepared for the celebration of the militant May Day 2017.

The WFTU calls its affiliates and friends in every corner of the world to honor the International Workers’ Day with every means clustering and in Any Way possible to unite Their voices and shout:

“We organizes our struggle Against the Imperialistic barbarity, for the contemporary needs of the people and the youth, for a world without exploitation and wars”

The WFTU Representing 92 million workers in every continent of the world conveys icts internationalist solidarity to the heroic people of Cuba Who will host the WFTU Presidential Council on May 3rd-5th, to the workers of the world Who are fighting Against the imperialistic aggressiveness.

In 2017, partner after the 17th World Trade Union Congress, the WFTU is stronger, with new strengths, new affiliates, Above All aim with ict resolutions.

We are organizing Even More Strongly Widely and our common stock in every country, in every continent, for the emancipation of the working class, for the struggle for our rights and needs. Against the operating system That provokes poverty, wars and Refugees.

The peoples’ enemies are not invincible,
Invincible are the Struggling Peoples.

(Machine Translation)

THE SECRETARIAT

 

WFTU solidarity to the workers of Maruti Suzuki in India

10 Monday Apr 2017

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World Federation of Trade UNions (WFTU) has extended its support to the Maruti workers and demanded unconditional release of the jailed workers. The full text is given below:

WFTU solidarity statement for the workers of Maruti Suzuki in India
04 Apr 2017 ASIA, INDIA
The World Federation of Trade Unions, representing 92 million workers in the 5 continents, expresses its dissatisfaction and denounces the sentence of life to 13 workers and of 5 years jail to four more workers of Maruti Suzuki, regarding the incident of violence in the Manesar plant of Maruti in 2012.

The violent incident in 2012, plotted by the management of the factory, through the hiring of musclemen in order to crush the trade unions and the workers who were fighting for their rights. The convicted workers are not responsible for the incident in which a general manager of the factory was killed.

The WFTU is greeting the demonstrations and the initiatives to take place on 5th April 2017, expressing the Trade unions’ solidarity and demanding the unconditional release of the Maruti workers and reinstatement of dismissed workers.

The Secretariat

Stop Bombing and Imperial Intervention in Syria – WFTU

09 Sunday Apr 2017

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The Statement issued by the Secretariat of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is given below:

WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS
HM 07.04.2017 Athens, Greece – 7 April 2017

“The USA role and the bombings in Syria

“It is known all over the world that the USA, the European Union, Turkey and
the Gulf monarchies have founded, financed and armed the ISIS. Their goal
was dismembering Syria and founding new puppet states in order to steal the
region’s wealth. Today, with the USA bombings against Syria, the government of Trump
continues the policy of the previous Presidents. Through these bombings, it
supports the ISIS. It makes the situation even more dangerous for a
generalized war. The class-oriented trade union movement demands: – The foreign troops to leave the Region
– To stop the imperialist intervention against Syria and the whole Middle East – The wealth-producing resources of Syria belong to its people. – The peoples of the Region are the only ones who have the right to decide freely and democratically on their present and future. – to stop chemical weapons use by everybody”

The Secretariat of WFTU

WFTU NEWS – Workers worldwide express solidarity with Palestine people

07 Friday Apr 2017

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31 Mar 2017MIDDLE EAST, PALESTINE, SOLIDARITY
The WFTU Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was honoured with various initiatives all over the world, yesterday on March 30th 2017. The WFTU affiliates and friends responded to the WFTU Call: “On 30rd of March, all workers and ordinary people of the working class worldwide are called upon to give real expression to their solidarity with the people of Palestine against Israeli aggressiveness and occupation”.

The workers, the ordinary people which took part in the initiatives of the Class Oriented trade unions proved that Palestinian people are not alone, they demanded to STOP the Israeli Settlements, the recognition of a free and independent Palestinian state within the borders of 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capita

WFTU statement on the World Water Day

27 Monday Mar 2017

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WFTU statement on the World Water Day

22 Mar 2017
In our days, hundreds of millions of people living without access to clean water, almost half of the world population has no access to sanitation facilities, 600 million children do not have adequate access to water, and millions of people die every year due to lack of water. The present situation is the result of capitalist mode of production, the uncontrollable industrial production and imperialist wars provoke serious problems for the environment and water deposits.

For the WFTU the water is a public good, a valuable natural resource subject to absolute protection of its quantity and quality, which has to be provided with special care for the balanced satisfaction of the modern popular needs and for the maintenance of nature.

The WFTU and the class oriented trade union movement struggle and demand to put into practice, that “water for human use” is not a merchantable product, it must not fall within the meaning of food and should be provided adequately, under the direct responsibility of each government, equally to all citizens of the dominion, as a public good, not being amenable to the “laws of market” and ruled by the rules of health engineering.

WFTU .Secretariat

European TU Confederation on British decision to exist from European Union

25 Saturday Jun 2016

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Commenting on the British referendum on EU members, Luca Visentini, secretary general of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), said:

“This is a black day for Europe and the UK. It should sound the alarm to the EU so that it offers better prospects for workers.”

“There is great disappointment in Europe, not only in the UK. The austerity, reducing government spending, unemployment, the government ‘s failure to address the needs of people, the fact that the EU acts commonly makes people hostile to the EU. the workers want an EU that strongly improves their living conditions. ”

“The EU must ensure that this day does not mark the beginning of Europe burst, and not harm the jobs and rights of workers.”

“The European Union must ensure to enjoy new workers, to create a more just and equitable society and to invest in quality jobs, effective public services and real opportunities for young people.”

“The CES is combined with the TUC say that British workers should not pay the price of Brexit.”

“The ETUC will continue, and more, to fight for more social and fairer. ” (Courtesy: WFTU)

WFTU’s May Day Greetings!

14 Thursday Apr 2016

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May Day

World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)  on the occasion of the International Workers’ Day – May 1, 2016 expresses its militant greetings to all men and women of the working class and its 92 million members in over 120 countries.
Women and men, young and old, employed or unemployed, immigrants and refugees: the WFTU wish them the strength, determination and courage in their small and large struggles.
Transnational corporations, governments reactionary forces, neo-fascist and racist, imperialist structures dread this day. Because it is a symbol of internationalism, symbol of the struggle, a symbol of class unity. They are our indispensable in our struggles for a better life, stronger tools against poverty and wars generated by capitalist barbarity.
Building on the strong, classist, mass, democratic, militant grassroots unions, we give strength to the WFTU.
And strengthening of the WFTU as class organization with roots at the base, internationalist and solidarity, we are strengthening our unions.
In all countries of the world with all kinds of actions, we demand the satisfaction of current needs, our employment, labor and social rights.
Our reality of poverty, unemployment, poverty and war, in contrast to the technological and scientific progress and wealth we produce, show how unrealistic rotten is the model of capitalist production.
We join forces and build our social alliance with the popular sectors against exploitation and capitalist barbarism.
On the occasion of the first of May 2016, we reiterate our internationalist solidarity with the people of Palestine, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and all peoples who suffer imperialist attacks and fighting for their right to decide for themselves on their present and future.
This year, 2016, the representatives XVII World Congress of Trade Unions will add class trade union movement, in the heroic land of South Africa. October 5 to 8, 2016, thousands of delegates, trade unionists real fighters from all continents will gather in Durban, they analyze the global and regional situation and resolve on the strategy and the WFTU Action Plan for next 5 years.
With this Congress, we take an essential step for the world-class labor movement. “Go ahead” for meeting the current needs of the working class, poverty and unemployment caused by capitalist barbarity.

WFTU Secretariat

Terrorist Attack – WFTU conveys solidarity to People of France

16 Monday Nov 2015

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SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) denounces the terrorist attacks in Paris that resulted in many innocent people, many ordinary people losing their lives. To the working class and the people of France, we express our condolences. From history, we know that terrorist attacks like last night’s in Paris are utilized by the imperialist mechanism, so they can take new antidemocratic measures against the people. To all the workers of France, to all the affiliates and friends of the WFTU, we assure them that we are standing by them during these difficult and dramatic moments. They should know that they are not alone. Our thoughts and our internationalist solidarity are with them.

THE SECRETARIAT OF THE WFTU

Observe WFTU Day on 3rd October 2015

02 Friday Oct 2015

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Tomorrow is 3rd October 2015, the 70th Anniversary of the formation of World Federation of Trade Unions(WFTU) which was formed in 1945, after the II World War. WFTU is the militant organisation of the world working class.

Its 70th Anniversary is being celebrated through out the world, including India. Participate in the in the joint programme, rally etc. in your city.

WFTU Zindabad! Workers of the World Unite!