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18/10/2024

The WFTU on the passing of one year of genocide

It has been a year since the beginning of the genocide against our brothers and sister in Palestine, more than 42 thousand people have lost their lives with the number being on the rise day by day.

All efforts for a ceasefire are falling on deaf ears, with the arrogance of the Israeli government reaching new levels. The Israeli occupation forces are enjoying the freedom to commit massacres against the Palestinian people, with the support of the US, EU and their allies.

The latest escalations in the region are a clear example showing that the murderous state of Israel is not willing to deescalate the situation, with more military campaigns in the region, the invasion and continuous bombardment of Lebanon, the destruction of infrastructure in Syria and Yemen, confirming the fears of a generalized regional war. At the same time the imperialist hypocrites continue their attempt to present it as the “right of Israel to defend itself”.

From the first moment, one year ago, the WFTU remained firm to its principled and longstanding positions. It showed that the root cause of the tragic events of October 2023, is the ongoing occupation and illegal settlement of the occupied Palestinian territories by Israel and the continuous, daily crimes and the blockade of Gaza that have been committed against the Palestinian people for years. With militant mobilizations and several solidarity actions, emphasized that the only way to secure and consolidate peace and security for the people in Palestine, but also in the wider Middle East, is to immediately end the Israeli occupation and settlement in all the occupied Arab territories.

For the international class-oriented trade union movement, the cause of the Palestinian people has always been a priority in the development of actions for practical support and solidarity.
We are proud because, under the WFTU flag, millions of workers in dozens of countries all over the world, have mobilized in solidarity with the Palestinian people. On the other hand, a part of the international trade union movement, subordinated to the instructions and interests of the imperialists, has lost its voice and remains silent in the face of the crime that is being committed, maintaining the unacceptable position of equal-distance and equating the victim with the perpetrator.
In every International Organization, where the WFTU was given a platform for expression (i.e. ILO and the UN), the representatives of our Federation in their official statements have appealed for solidarity, while officially condemning the hypocrisy of the imperialists.

With all available means of expression, of the WFTU, we attempt daily and continuously to strengthen public awareness and mobilization, but also to pressure states and organizations to turn towards the practical and decisive demand for an end to the war.

We salute the resilience of the Palestinian people, doing everything they can to stay alive, enduring the endless military campaigns, imprisonment and torture.

The World Federation of Trade Unions will continue to struggle alongside Palestine. It will continue to fight for the strengthening and the enrichment of the role of the international trade union movement in the struggle of the Palestinian people. It is deeply rooted in the way the class-oriented trade union movement functions and acts that internationalist solidarity is the most powerful weapon of the peoples. Until the final victory, in Palestine and throughout the world.

The international class-oriented trade union movement will never abandon the heroic people of Palestine in their struggle for freedom. We call on our friends and affiliates to intensify their solidarity and support with the Palestinian people. Sending a message to our brothers and sisters in Palestine and the wider region that they are not alone in their struggle.

Long live internationalist solidarity!
Long live Palestine!

03/10/2024

03/10/2024

WFTU declaration on the International Day of Action of WFTU 3rd of October 2024

The World Federation of Trade Unions on the 3rd of October every year celebrates the historic anniversary of its founding as it deserves, with international mobilization through its declaration as an International Action Day. On this extraordinary occasion of its 79th anniversary that marks the entry of our Federation into its 80th year of existence and struggle, the working class all over the world, the militant and class-oriented trade unions, should honor this day with militant and massive activities in all continents and regions.

We firmly believe that the social progress and the goals of the labor movement can only be achieved through class struggles and organized militant demands. Especially in a period where all over the globe, employers are attacking wages, pensions, social security, and even the right to strike. However, the proud and unbound working-class resists and fights, with the WFTU members leading the most admirable and militant struggles. These struggles aim to meet the contemporary needs of workers at all levels, ensuring dignified work, wages, and living conditions. It has been historically proven that the workers’ achievements and the concessions that employers and bourgeois governments are compelled to make, are victories already secured by workers and their unions through class unity, solidarity, and collective action at the grassroots level in workplaces.

At the same time, amidst the consecutive crises of capitalism and fierce competition among imperialist centers for new markets, our strongest weapons are struggle, internationalism, and solidarity both with the workers’ struggles against capitalist barbarity and peoples’ struggles against imperialist aggression and interventions.

In an era where scientific and technological advancements continually enhance labor productivity, it is socially unjust to allocate the produced wealth merely for the satisfaction of the capitalist endless bulimia for profits. In this direction, they do not hesitate to promote war and channel even more resources into military expenditures. The WFTU firmly fights for the use of the productive capabilities of society in improving the working conditions of all workers globally.

It is obvious that the objective prerequisites for the improving of working and living conditions with fewer working hours, better wages, universal access to public and quality systems of healthcare, education and social security, dignified healthy and safe environment of work and life that foster cultural, humanitarian, and environmental progress are there.

Today there are all the productive, scientific and technological conditions (such as AI) for a decent life, a job with rights. The working class produces wealth. Our sweat and toil are reaped by a handful of business groups. This can be changed to meet the needs of the working class.

The World Federation of Trade Unions, throughout its 79-years course of relentless contribution, has consistently being in the forefront of radical demands and militant struggles for the benefit of workers worldwide. Today, the WFTU remaining in line with its history and strictly adhering to its principles and orientation, advocates the justified, realistic, mature and achievable demand of a 35-hour workweek without any wage reduction.

The WFTU calls upon the class-oriented and militant trade unions all over the world to honor its 79th anniversary with the organizing of mass and militant activities with the banners of our Federation under the slogan:

We Demand Dignified Working and Living Conditions:

Significant Wage Increases
Stable Work with full rights
35 hours of work per week, 7 hours of work per day
Health and safety in all workplaces
Public and Universal systems of healthcare, education and social security
Quality working and living environment
Let’s properly honor the anniversary of the international class-oriented trade union movement, let’s proudly wave once again the flag of the class struggle, meeting the expectations and the dreams of the workings. Let’s once again turn the anniversary of the WFTU into and militant day of honor, dignity, and struggles.

03/10/2024

Vive la FSM : Fédération Syndicale Mondiale.