CONFEDERATION ENDORSES MOVEMENT LAUNCHED BY THE WORLD FEDERATION OF
TRADE UNIONS ON FIVE BASIC ISSUES FOR HUMAN EXISTENCE
CONFEDERATION CIRCULAR NO. 15 DATED 03RD SEPTEMBER,
Conf/
15/2012 Dated: 3rd September, 2012
Dear Comrade,
The Word Federation of Trade Unions was founded in a Conference held at
Paris from 3rd to 8th October, 1945. It had its deepest
crisis when the socialist system collapsed in the erstwhile USSR. The 15th Congress of WFTU was held at Havana in
2005. The said Congress
helped to revive the active functioning of the WFTU. The 16th Congress was held at Athens, Greece in
April, 2011. It was a grand
success and paved way for the WFTU to become a potent organisation to lead the
international working class to militant struggles against the Globalisation
agenda of capitalist system. One
of the decisions taken at the Congress was to observe the international day of
action every year to unite the working class throughout the world for action on
certain important contemporary class issues. Ist April, 2009 was thus observed as
international day of action to raise the issue of workers right and against
exploitation. On 7thSeptember,
2010, when the Indian Working Class organised the greatest ever strike action
under the auspices of the united platform of all Central Trade Unions and
Federations, the day was observed by WFTU with the slogan that "We will
not pay for their crisis". It
was in the background when most of the capitalist countries decided to bail out
the giant corporate houses from crisis by tax payers' money. In 2011 the day was observed on 3rd October i.e. the foundation day of WFTU
and the slogan raised was "Social Security for all, collective bargaining
rights, trade union rights and democratic rights, 35 hours of work and 5 day
week, better wages etc.
The Confederation had been carrying
out this directive of the WFTU being an affiliate of the TUI, public
Services. In the face of
the pension fund privatisation and the PFRDA Bill, the slogan for social
security for all raised by the WFTU received appreciation from the rank and
file of our membership. The other issues raised by the WFTU were also equally
relevant and important for the Government employees of India for they are still
denied the right to collective bargaining and other trade union rights. India, we should remember, is one of
the countries of the world, which has still not ratified many of the ILO
conventions.
This year, the WFTU has decided to
raise the following five issues which are of utmost and essential pre requisite
for human existence. i.e.
Food, Water, health, Education and Housing for all. Both the CITU and AITUC
which are affiliated to the WFTU will be organising this programme throughout
our country on 3rd October,
2012. As an affiliate of
TUI Public Services, it is our bounden duty that we observe 3rd October, 2012, with appropriate
programmes so that the message reaches all our members.
The State Committees may chalk out
either independent programme of action or hold joint programmes in consultation
and association with the State Units of the All India State Government
employees Federations, CITU or AITUC.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General.
