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kriykatWFTU 2025 Mayday declaration <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-2025-mayday-declaration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-2025-mayday-declaration/</a> The International Class-oriented Trade Union Movement, the workers, and the militant unions all over the globe honor with struggles the 139th anniversary of the workers’ struggle in Chicago in 1886. The World Federation of Trade Unions, the most historic international trade union organisation, representing more than 105 million workers all the length and breadth of the world, sends a cordial and militant message to all the workers and farmers, to the ordinary people of toil and labour, on the occasion of International Workers Day, which constitutes a lasting and bright milestone of struggle. This year’s May Day coincides with the 80th Anniversary of the WFTU, which was born in the ashes of the most destructive war in the history of humanity in the revolutionary fresh air of the great anti-fascist victory of the peoples with the Soviet Union at the forefront, and completes 8 decades of continuous and uninterrupted struggle for the rights of workers, for justice and social progress, against all forms of discrimination, against wars and imperialist interventions, against may by man exploitation. Both the messages and demands of the Chicago pioneers of 1886 and the needs that inevitably led to the establishment of the WFTU remain relevant and necessary today. The crisis of capitalism deepens and is generalized. Social inequalities are widening dramatically. Democratic freedoms and trade union rights are under attack all over the world, and the imperialist wars and interventions are on the daily agenda. The genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank, the bombing in Lebanon and other countries of the wider Middle East region, with the support and encouragement of the USA, the EU, and their allies, continues, revealing in all its grandeur the hypocrisy, cynicism, and inhumane nature of imperialism. At the same time, global defence spending rose to 2.46 trillion USD last year, with big budget increases in countries of Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. Notably, there are examples of countries that are almost doubling their defence spending. At the same time, the USA President Trump calls for a minimum spending of 5% of GDP among NATO members, and the EU Commission Summit decided to finance 800 billion euros for military armament within the ReArm EUROPE project. The shift towards a war economy is clearly a priority for the ruling circles of capitalism, as it incites profitability for multinational monopolies and the expansion of the geopolitical power of developed imperialist states. These new massive increases in military spending, apart from being a threat to global peace and security, also mean even harsher austerity policies and widening social inequality. The resources that would be destined for families, workers, and ordinary people are cut and diverted to rearmament, and civil and social rights and liberties are placed under guardianship, because in the preparation for war, different opinion are not allowed. The WFTU and the class-oriented trade unions strongly condemn the war preparations of the bourgeoisie. The popular strata have nothing to expect from a new widespread and generalized war but death, poverty, destruction, refuges, and hardship. We demand spending for the contemporary needs of the workers and the peoples. We demand adequate education and healthcare and not weapons. We demand dignified working and living conditions and not ammunition and missiles. We demand spending on culture, sport, and recreation, and not fighter aircraft and naval vessels. We demand measures against rising inflation and living costs that erode living standards. We oppose privatization, outsourcing, and flexible forms of work that intensify the precarious employment and exploitation, alongside extended retirement ages. The Workers and social achievements are under relentless attacks and challenges undermining labor rights, collective agreements, and democratic freedoms. Workplace safety remains neglected, causing daily injuries and fatalities. Despite global challenges, workers do not passively accept the anti-labor offensive on their rights and freedoms. Millions mobilize worldwide for dignified work and the protection of trade union and social rights with the WFTU members to be firmly at the forefront of these struggles. The response of bourgeois governments to the just popular demands is the sharpening of state repression and authoritarianism. At the same time, employers and governments are attempting to manipulate labor struggles, betting on the role of yellow unions and compromised trade union leaders. In our era it is obvious that the prerequisites for truly dignified working and social living conditions for all workers exist in abundance. The class-oriented trade union movement fights so that the huge productive capabilities are not utilized to increase the profits of capitalists and create unimaginable wealth for a few, but to ensure dignified living and working conditions for those who create and produce the wealth. Organization and struggle is the only path that can overturn the existing realities of misery, exploitation, and social injustice. The weapon of workers everywhere is solidarity and internationalism. The WFTU remains firmly committed to these principles. It continues its 80-year path with the same vision that inspired its founding: for a world without wars and imperialist interventions, without exploitation and discrimination. A world where work will be permanent, stable, regulated, and safe.   On the occasion of May Day 2025, the WFTU calls upon the class and militant trade unions around the world to take initiatives and organize this year’s campaign and activities under the slogan: Their profits or Our lives – Hope lies in peoples’ struggle ΝΟ to war economies YES to the class struggles: -against the imperialist wars and interventions, -against capitalist exploitation, -for the satisfaction of the workers’ contemporary needs. Let the WFTU flag proudly wave along with the flags of the militant trade unions in the uninterrupted class struggle for stable work with rights, social security, free public, and universal health and education, a dignified life. This will be the highest and proper celebration of the glorious 80-year course of struggles, sacrifices, and dignity of the international class-oriented trade union movement.   LONG LIVE MAY DAY! LONG LIVE INTERNATIONALIST SOLIDARITY! LONG LIVE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WFTU!   <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatCompletion of the 20th International Congress of the WFTU TUI FISE <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/completion-of-the-20th-international-congress-of-the-wftu-tui-fise/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/completion-of-the-20th-international-congress-of-the-wftu-tui-fise/</a> The 20th International Congress of the WFTU World Federation of Teachers Union FISE, which took place in Rabat, Morocco on the 5th and 6th of April, was successfully concluded. Tens of delegates from trade unions from all over the world, unanimously adopted the documents of the Congress. During the Congress the new Executive Committee of the TUI was elected, to lead the TUI in its future struggles. The WFTU wishes all the best to the new leadership and the elected bodies of the TUI, and expresses the sureness that the implementation of the decisions of the 20th Congress will be a strong reinforcement of the class-oriented trade union movement in the crucial sector of Education. On the framework of the Congress the delegates participated in a massive demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the city of Rabat. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatWFTU General Secretary Statements during a solidarity demonstration with Palestine, in Rabat Morocco <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-general-secretary-statements-during-a-solidarity-demonstration-with-palestine-in-rabat-morocco/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-general-secretary-statements-during-a-solidarity-demonstration-with-palestine-in-rabat-morocco/</a> On the framework of the 20th Congress of FISE, the delegates participated in a demonstration in solidarity with Palestine, in Rabat Morocco. you can view the statement of the WFTU General Secretary as given during the demonstration. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatWFTU General Secretary opening speech at the 20th FISE Congress <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-general-secretary-opening-speech-at-the-20th-fise-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-general-secretary-opening-speech-at-the-20th-fise-congress/</a> Speech by Pambis Kyritsis General Secretary of WFTU 20th FISE Congress Rabat, 4,5 April 2025   Comrades, Before I begin my speech, I would like to warmly thank the FNE for hosting the 20th Congress of FISE. The conditions created by our Moroccan comrades guarantee that this Congress will be successful and worthy of all our expectations. FISE is a valuable pillar for the WFTU. It expresses the struggles and demands of a group of workers whose object is education, learning, culture, and ultimately the consciousness formation of the new generations of every society. It is one of the longest-operating TUI of the WFTU, founded just one year after the establishment of the WFTU, and its history is rich in struggles and creative contributions to the achievements related to education as well as the intellectual and cultural development. It is true that in recent years, FISE has not been as mobilized and active as we would have wished. Organizational, financial, and other problems have limited its activity and presence. That is why I am confident that our conference here in Rabat will be a new dynamic start. The discussion that will take place here, the exchange of experiences, the decisions that will be taken, will constitute a guideline for action that will lead us to the new struggles that await us, and the fresh and renewed leading bodies that we will elect will, I am sure, undertake the burden and the noble responsibility of organizational reorganization and a more active and productive operation of this historic International. Dear colleagues, brothers and sisters, Our era is characterized by the generalization and deepening of the capitalist crisis, which is accompanied by new attacks on workers’ rights and achievements, a dramatic widening of social inequalities, further environmental degradation, and reckless overexploitation of our planet’s natural resources. The genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank, with the support and encouragement of the USA, the EU, and their allies, has once again revealed in all its grandeur the hypocrisy, cynicism, and inhumane nature of imperialism. Global geopolitical and economic rivalries continue to directly threaten world peace and security, even with the risk of nuclear destruction. Imperialist wars, interventions, sanctions, and blockades continue and intensify. The USA, the EU, and their NATO allies are announcing new massive increases in military spending, which, apart from being a threat to global peace and security, also mean even harsher austerity policies and widening social inequality. Nowadays, the shift towards a war economy is clearly a priority for the ruling circles of capitalism, as it ensures profitability for multinational monopolies and the expansion of the geopolitical power of developed imperialist states. Harsh and intense attacks continue against the labor and social achievements and the democratic and trade union freedoms. The high cost of living and inflation are brutally undermining workers’ and pensioners’ living standards. Unemployment, precariousness, and the overexploitation of cheap labor of vulnerable workers due to mass economic migration or refugee flows, as well as anti-popular and anti-labor legislative measures systematically promoted by neoliberal governments, have significantly undermined labor with rights and regulated collective agreements that reflect the modern needs of workers. Individual contracts, privatizations, outsourcing, teleworking, and “service leasing” are just some of the forms taken by this harsh neoliberal attack. The authoritarian and arbitrary increase in retirement ages continues methodically. Major social achievements such as public education, social security and public health are being privatized. Thousands of workers are killed or injured daily due to the lack of measures to protect against workplace accidents and occupational diseases. Safety and health at work are seen by employers as undesirable costs that reduce their profits. This attack is, of course, also faced by the workers in the education sector that all of you delegates at this conference represent. It is obvious that for the dominant circles of global capitalism, education is not a public good to which everyone is entitled rightfully and equally, but is still a commodity that must be profitable. Hence, education is continuously privatised, state expenditures are constantly shrinking, and responsibility for public education is shifting onto the parents themselves and, consequently, onto the popular strata. The attack against universal, free, and quality education has not only economic incentives. The education sector shapes the consciences of the new generation and the bourgeoise aims in the creation of a new shift of the working class which will not be overall educated but fragmentary and superficially trained as tool in the market need, a new shift of the working class that will be taught a falsified and distorted history and will be socially indifferent and ideologically conservative. Consequently, FISE and the progressive teachers also have a crucial task to defend the scientific, quality, progressive, and human-centered education. The attack on the rights and achievements of teachers continues, as their work is increasingly becoming precarious and temporary, without security and without employment contracts, with humiliating wages and with all the consequences for the quality of the education they provide. The encouraging and hopeful element in the depressing picture of today’s world, is the fact that workers do not passively accept the neoliberal capitalist, anti-popular, and anti-labor offensive. Millions of workers around the world are choosing the path of struggle to defend their trade union, social, and political rights. With militant mobilizations in every corner of the globe, they are demanding work with rights that ensures the satisfaction of their contemporary needs. The WFTU members or friends are always on the frontlines of these struggles. The response of bourgeois governments to the just popular demands is the sharpening of state repression and authoritarianism, and such attacks and persecutions are particularly intensified against the struggling teachers. At the same time, employers and governments are attempting to manipulate labor struggles, betting on the role of yellow unions and compromised trade union leaders. It is no coincidence that the ITUC have intensified its attacks, aiming to limit the presence and influence of the WFTU within the global trade union […] <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatGreece New National General Strike April 9 <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/greece-new-national-general-strike-april-9/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/greece-new-national-general-strike-april-9/</a> Video spot <a href="https://youtu.be/YSI3QMmFTQc?si=iFKEv2VE2zAgMuT-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/YSI3QMmFTQc?si=iFKEv2VE2zAgMuT-</a>   PAME Call   WE STRENGTHEN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE SYSTEM OF BARBARISM THAT IS STEALING OUR OXYGEN THEIR PROFITS OR OUR LIVES   We continue for the success of the strike on 9 April. With general assemblies, rallies and campaigning in every workplace, we are working to make the strike river stronger and flood every street again. We take strength from the biggest strike mobilization of the last decades that shook the whole country with the slogan: “their profits or our lives”. From the millions of strikers who on February 28 and in the following days flooded the streets in every major city in the country demanding that those responsible for the crime in Tempe and for every crime against the lives of the people be punished, putting the real culprit in target, the policies of profit for the few that breeds valleys of death for the lives of the many. We strengthen our organisation in the unions. In every workplace, in every factory we are setting up new unions and health and safety committees. We are strengthening the demand for the whole of our lives, for wage increases and collective agreements, for the protection of our lives and for the exclusive public and free provision of all necessary services in health and education. We strengthen solidarity with those who are struggling. We strengthen joint action with the self-employed and small professionals, farmers, pupils and students against our common enemies, the bourgeois state and its governments, the business groups, the imperialist hawks of NATO and the EU. We strengthen our solidarity with all peoples suffering on the fronts of the imperialist wars. We strengthen our demand against the war spending plans of governments and the EU. We strengthen the struggle for a better tomorrow, so that we and our children can live a life with rights and dignity. ALL IN THE UNIONS – ALL ON STRIKE <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatItaly:  1.000 USB delegates against rearmament, for higher wages <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/italy-1-000-usb-delegates-against-rearmament-for-higher-wages/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/italy-1-000-usb-delegates-against-rearmament-for-higher-wages/</a> A full square, attentive, angry, moved, listened to the terrible story of the death of Patrizio Spasiano, a young apprentice earning 500 euros a month, killed at the age of 19 by an ammonia leak, told by his parents. Thus began the public meeting of the USB delegates in a square a few metres from the Parliament and the offices of the European Union Representation in Italy. In 2024 there were more than 1000 murders at work in Italy and more than 500,000 accidents. The internal war is also part of it, while the external war is dangerously approaching and the people of Rome have strongly denounced it through the voices of workers from all sectors and from all over the country. The war economy is already devastating our country. The public sector workers, who are fighting to reject unacceptable contracts in a country that ranks last in the G20 wage rankings, have been joined by the metalworkers fighting for a real contract and against deindustrialisation, the transport workers fighting against privatisation and for the right to strike, and the drivers and logistics porters fighting for fairer working conditions. Commercial workers, young people working for 6 euros an hour in social cooperatives, seasonal workers have all spoken out about their unsustainable conditions, and the hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in Italy have spoken of exploitation and how the powerful are fomenting an internal war against them, blaming the poorest for their situation. And then those fighting for the right to housing, for a fair and decent pension, were greeted with thunderous applause by the young people from schools and universities who, together with the USB strike, had filled the squares and streets of over 30 Italian cities the day before. In all the speeches there was a strong, decisive and uncompromising ‘no’ to rearmament, to a common European defence, to the race to convert factories to produce weapons, to the European Union’s lust for war. There was a strong revival of the mobilisation in support of the Palestinian people and the denunciation of the genocide perpetrated by Israel with the complicit silence of the European Union and the Italian government and politicians. The delegates all agreed and applauded the slogans for internationalism, the confirmation of their strong support to the WFTU, the need to unite more and more the struggles against capital and war at European and world level and the condemnation of the complicity of the yellow unions of the ETUC at national and European level. At the end of this important day, an enthusiastic crowd repeated the call of the USB to organise a big national day of mobilisation against the war. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatWFTU Solidarity Statement with the three luggage handling teams at Madrid Barajas Airport <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-solidarity-statement-with-the-three-luggage-handling-teams-at-madrid-barajas-airport/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-solidarity-statement-with-the-three-luggage-handling-teams-at-madrid-barajas-airport/</a> The World Federation of Trade Unions, which represents more than 110 million members worldwide, sends a fraternal embrace to the employees of Siemens, Outsmart, and TotSeriman companies operating at the SATE (Working-Educational System) at Madrid Barajas Airport, encouraging them to persevere in their just struggle alongside their sister union, Alternativa Sindical de Clase (Class-Wise Alternative). Your perseverance in the struggle is an example for the entire working class and a model for all class-conscious workers to follow. Your safety and health in your workplace is essential and non-negotiable; therefore, you cannot give up your fight because your lives depend on it. Your example and dignity stand before the bosses and the unions that support them, as well as the support of all the members of the World Federation of Trade Unions, who will always be indebted to you for showing the way to achieve workers’ gains, which is none other than struggle and strikes. A fraternal embrace from the membership of the World Federation of Trade Unions     <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatWFTU declaration on World Health Day <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-declaration-on-world-health-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-declaration-on-world-health-day/</a> April 7th is World Health Day. We call upon all trade unions, health unions around the world to commemorate it as it should be. With mobilizations, in all forms, against the degradation and commercialization of the public health system. For a public health system that satisfies the modern needs of the workers. For an exclusively public health system. To say a big NO to the hospital business profit logic. To say a big NO to the huge shortages of health care staff. To say a big NO to the lack of infrastructure and technological equipment. We must say a big NO to the development of entrepreneurship, competitiveness, and profitability, because all this is dangerous for the people, in the health sector, which is saved thanks to the great sacrifice of health doctors, nurses, and paramedics. The bourgeois parties in the European Union recently voted to make the people pay 800 billion euros in the war economy. Now they have decided to grab the reserves of the social security funds, about 10 trillion, to finance the war monopolies with them as well. This will also have a big impact on the workers’ social security rights, trying to raise the retirement age to 74, by attacking pensions, etc. The health unions and the working class as a whole have fought and are fighting for health as a social good and not a commodity. Let us recall the struggles of the pandemic period with the slogan “covered mouths have a voice”. The battles that were fought despite intimidation, authoritarianism, and repression by governments. When capital talks about ” wasteful spending” and ” rationalisation ” of expenditure, ” saving money ” in health, behind all this is the direction of reducing state expenditure on people’s health. This means the people have to dig deep into their pockets and pay a high price to private health care, which earns billions. Along with this, the medicine prices have skyrocketed since they are controlled by the big monopolies that produce whatever they see as profitable, leaving even countries in need without aid (remember COVID-19, where vaccines were exempted from certain countries, and people were dying). It is necessary for the trade unions, the class-oriented workers’ movement, to fight to put the brake on their plans. We must come forward and demand all that is needed to match benefits with popular strata’s needs in prevention, treatment, recovery, rehabilitation, and pharmaceutical care, provided by the state, free of charge. The logic of cost-benefit for the interests of a handful of business groups cannot prevail in the health system. That is why we are clearly saying that we should get rid of the system of exploitation in order to solve the people’s problems. We are intensifying the struggle against the policy that treats our health and human life as a cost, until it is finally overturned. We intensify the struggle to make health a guaranteed social good, not a commodity. For a universal, exclusively public, and free Health-Welfare system. Full, adequate, exclusive state funded public health-welfare units. Massive recruitment of permanent, full-time staff in all sectors and specialties in public hospitals, health centres, and other health and welfare units. The permanent employment of all workers working on temporary, flexible employment relationships (contract workers, auxiliary workers) without terms and conditions. No dismissal of contract workers in cleaning, security, catering. To be hired with permanent employment and full rights. Full staffing of the rapid intervention units with permanent staff as needed. Renew their fleet by deploying the necessary number of ground, water and air ambulances. No involvement of NGOs, contractors, private individuals in Health – Welfare – Special Education and Rehabilitation. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatANNOUNCEMENT BY THE WFTU SECRETARIAT ON THE SUSPENSION OF THE OPERATION OF THE MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL OFFICE IN SYRIA AND THE CONVENING OF THE CONFERENCE OF WFTU MEMBERS FROM THE ARAB WORLD <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/announcement-by-the-wftu-secretariat-on-the-suspension-of-the-operation-of-the-middle-east-regional-office-in-syria-and-the-convening-of-the-conference-of-wftu-members-from-the-arab-world/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/announcement-by-the-wftu-secretariat-on-the-suspension-of-the-operation-of-the-middle-east-regional-office-in-syria-and-the-convening-of-the-conference-of-wftu-members-from-the-arab-world/</a> The Secretariat of the WFTU, in an extraordinary Meeting held on March 27, 2025, examined the recent public statements issued in the name of the WFTU Middle East Regional Office, as well as the statements made by the GFTU of Syria. These statements support the jihadist regime, which is the result of the interventions of the imperialist powers that want to seize the wealth of the region. The Secretariat unanimously considers these statements, which praise the new regime and essentially justify even the recent massacres of political opponents and religious minorities, as unacceptable. The views and statements of both that issued in the name of the WFTU Middle East Regional Office and those of the leadership of the GFTU, do not align with nor reflect the positions and decisions of our Federation’s collective bodies. In light of these facts, the Secretariat has decided to suspend the operation of the WFTU Middle East Regional Office and to convene, as soon as possible, the Conference of WFTU affiliates from the Arab world, which will take the necessary decisions regarding the responsibility for coordination of the WFTU Regional Office in the broader Middle East region. The Secretariat <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatWFTU Poster Competition on the occasion of the WFTU 80th Anniversary <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-poster-competition-on-the-occasion-of-the-wftu-80th-anniversary/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-poster-competition-on-the-occasion-of-the-wftu-80th-anniversary/</a> The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the World Federation of Trade Unions which was established on October 3rd 1945, rising from the ashes of the World War II. In the framework of the year-long celebration of the glorious 8 decades of struggles, honor, and dignity of the International Class-Oriented Trade Union Movement, the WFTU Secretariat, among other initiatives and events, declares the launch of a Poster Competition. The WFTU Secretariat call upon trade unionist and workers, graphic-designers, artists and in general creators associated with the WFTU, the workers and trade union movement and struggles to create poster(s) in line with the interests, visions and social mission of the working class and promoting the militant history of the WFTU and its class-oriented, solidarity and internationalist orientations and principles. The participating poster will be evaluated based on the above criteria and perspective, the winning poster will be used and promoted in the main event of the 80th Anniversary celebrations in which the winner will attend and will be awarded with all the costs covered by the WFTU. In addition, all participating posters aligned with the above-mentioned criteria will be promoted on various occasions with the name and country of the creators who will receive souvenirs symbolic gifts, and souvenirs of the WFTU. Competition Details and Poster specification and requirements: The poster should be sent to the via email to the WFTU Headquarter at email address: communication@wftucentral.org by July, 30th, 2025. The slogan which will be included in the Poster in any chosen language will be: “80 years of class struggle – with Internationalism and Solidarity” WFTU logo should be included in the poster. The WFTU Logo in larger analysis could be downloaded by clicking in the following link: <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBVT8s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBVT8s</a> Dimensions Α2 Paper (420 X 594 mm), CMYK, File format .pdf (300dpi)       <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatCALL FOR ENTRIES: WFTU 80TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTO COMPETITION Theme: “WFTU in the Workplace” <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/call-for-entries-wftu-80th-anniversary-photo-competition-theme-wftu-in-the-workplace/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/call-for-entries-wftu-80th-anniversary-photo-competition-theme-wftu-in-the-workplace/</a> CALL FOR ENTRIES: WFTU 80TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTO COMPETITION Theme: “WFTU in the Workplace” Introduction & Background In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), we invite photographers, union members, and enthusiasts around the globe to participate in our special photo competition: “WFTU in the Workplace.” The competition aims to highlight the working conditions and everyday life of the workers worldwide, in a diverse range of industries and environments. Theme: “WFTU in the Workplace” Your challenge is to capture an authentic moment in a real work environment—urban, rural, office, or industrial. Let your photo celebrate the spirit of unity, solidarity, and the pivotal role that workers and trade unions play in shaping our societies. Eligibility Open to all photographers, amateur or professional, regardless of age or location. There is no entry fee. Each participant may submit up to 3 photographs. Submission Guidelines Technical Specifications Resolution: At least 3000 x 2000 pixels (around 10 MP) to ensure high-quality prints. DPI (for printing): 300 DPI recommended. File Format: JPEG, PNG, or TIFF. File Size: Maximum 10 MB per image (larger files can be sent via a file-sharing service if needed). Editing Rules Basic post-processing (cropping, color correction, brightness/contrast adjustments) is allowed. Heavy manipulation or composite images should be clearly noted. How to Submit Send your photos to: fsm80@wftucentral.org File naming convention: jpg Include a brief description (1–3 sentences) explaining the context of your photo and how it represents WFTU values. Deadline All entries must be received by 30 June 2025. Late submissions will not be considered. Judging & Prizes Evaluation Criteria Relevance to Theme: Clarity in showcasing the conditions of work and/or of organization, in a genuine workplace setting. Storytelling & Impact: The ability of the image to convey solidarity, unity, or a sense of community among workers. Creativity & Composition: Artistic and technical merit (lighting, focus, composition). Caption Quality: The accompanying caption’s effectiveness in conveying the photo’s context. Prizes & Recognition Grand Prize: Featured in WFTU’s official 80th Anniversary publications and on the WFTU website; special certificate of recognition. Runner-Up(s): Certificates of recognition and online feature. Honorable Mentions: Spotlight on official WFTU social media channels. Selected photos may be included in global exhibitions, newsletters, or educational materials commemorating the 80th anniversary. Usage Rights Copyright: Entrants retain full copyright of their images. Permissions: By submitting a photo, participants grant the WFTU a non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, and publish the images in any media (print, digital, exhibition) strictly for promotional, educational, or celebratory purposes related to this competition and WFTU’s mission. Credit will be given to the photographer. Consent & Releases: It is the entrant’s responsibility to obtain necessary permissions from any identifiable individuals in their photos. Any photos depicting unsafe or harmful working conditions, or lacking consent, may be disqualified. Important Notes Ensure the safety of yourself and any photo subjects at all times. Submissions found to be plagiarized, heavily manipulated without disclosure, or in violation of any regulations will be disqualified. For any questions or clarifications, please reach out to our competition team at fsm80@wftucentral.org Join Us in Celebrating 80 Years of Internationalism and Solidarity! Capture the essence of unity, dignity, and collective strength in your workplace. We look forward to your creative submissions and to honoring 80 years of the World Federation of Trade Unions’ commitment to worker rights worldwide. Submit your best shots, and let’s commemorate this historic milestone!     <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatWFTU Statement on the Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-statement-on-the-earthquake-in-myanmar-and-thailand/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-statement-on-the-earthquake-in-myanmar-and-thailand/</a> The World Federation of Trade Unions, expresses its deep solidarity with the peoples of Myanmar and Thailand, who are mourning the tragic loss of life and the disappearance of hundreds of people, following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the region three days ago. According to official reports from the military regime – junta in Myanmar, more than 1,600 people have already been declared dead. Hundreds of thousands of people in Myanmar live in structures that cannot withstand such tremors. The potential for thousands more casualties looms due to the criminal lack of infrastructure and protective measures. In Thailand, the collapse of a high-rise building under demolition claimed the lives of at least 7 workers, while dozens more remain trapped—once again showing that it is the working class that first of all bears the brunt of every disaster. Basic rights—such as protection from natural disasters, access to safe and dignified housing, and robust public infrastructure—are sacrificed on the altar of profits. The WFTU stands with the workers and peoples of the affected areas and demands immediate international aid that respects the sovereignty and dignity of the peoples, prioritizing the needs of the working class and the poor. We also call for immediate and long-term measures to ensure earthquake-safe housing, protection of workers, and an end to the policies that treat human lives as disposable costs.   <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatWe Condemn the Bombing Attack Against Luis Villanueva Carbajal and Call for International Solidarity <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/we-condemn-the-bombing-attack-against-luis-villanueva-carbajal-and-call-for-international-solidarity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/we-condemn-the-bombing-attack-against-luis-villanueva-carbajal-and-call-for-international-solidarity/</a> The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), representing more than 105 million workers in 133 countries around the world, expresses its strongest condemnation of the criminal bombing attack carried out in the early hours of March 18 at the home of comrade Luis Villanueva Carbajal, President of the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP), General Secretary of the Federation of Workers in Civil Construction of Peru (FTCCP), and a member of the Secretariat of the Trade Union International of Workers in the Building, Wood and Building Materials Industries (UITBB). This cowardly and violent act is not an isolated incident—it is part of a broader pattern of escalation by organized crime, which has already taken the lives of 26 union leaders in recent years. It represents a direct assault on democracy, on the right to union organization, and on the safety and dignity of workers who struggle daily for better lives. The WFTU demands from the Peruvian government and authorities urgent and effective action to identify and bring to justice those responsible, and to implement immediate and permanent measures to protect trade union leaders and the working class of Peru. The criminal actions of those who seek to silence the trade union movement through terror must be met with the full force of justice and popular resistance. The WFTU stands firmly and unwaveringly beside the working people of Peru and our militant comrades in CGTP and FTCCP. We reaffirm our commitment to defend labor rights and to fight against all forms of violence, intimidation, and repression against the working class. We call upon all WFTU affiliates and friends across the world to raise their voices in solidarity with the Peruvian working class, to condemn this heinous attack, and to organize acts of international solidarity. Let us send a clear message: Workers are not alone. Security and justice for the workers of Peru! Hands off trade union leaders! An injury to one is an injury to all!   <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatThe WFTU, on the occasion of the 30th of March, observed as the Palestinian Land Day <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/the-wftu-on-the-occasion-of-the-30th-of-march-observed-as-the-palestinian-land-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/the-wftu-on-the-occasion-of-the-30th-of-march-observed-as-the-palestinian-land-day/</a> The ongoing bloodshed has been going on and escalating since the 7th of October 2023 with the support and encouragement of the USA, the EU and their allies, has already resulted in tens of thousands of people losing their lives and many more injured. After the flattening of Gaza, Israel continues its atrocities in the West Bank, with daily killings of civilians, imprisonments, bombings and destruction of infrastructure. In the last months, the Israeli aggression also expands and escalates in Lebanon, in Syria and in the wider region of the Middle East, with the open violation of borders and the mass devastating bombing of civilians. The Presidential Council expresses its support and solidarity with the Palestinian people and with the people of the region, in their struggle for sovereignty, liberation, and to repel aggression against their countries. The recent statement of the President of the USA regarding the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, constitutes a continuation of the longstanding and consistent US’s stance and support for the murderous state of Israel and its plans. With his statement, Trump reaffirms in unprecedented cynicism, the USA’s full support of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians. The World Federation of Trade Unions strongly denounces and condemns these statements and plans, and reaffirms its unshakeable solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian people for their right to live in freedom in their own homeland, in the land that they were born. The consistent and principled support and solidarity to the heroic Palestinian people had always been a priority for the international class-oriented trade union movement. It is clear that the only way to secure and consolidate peace and security for the people in Palestine and Israel, but also in the wider Middle East, is to immediately end the Israeli occupation and settlement in the occupied Arab territories, as provided for in the UN resolutions, and to establish an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and guarantee the right of return of Palestinian refugees. For the WFTU is clear that as the imperialist aggression intensifies, our solidarity must intensify too. The workers from all around the world are in a continues struggle of supporting the Palestinian people! The militant trade unions join their voices with the Palestinian people, condemn the imperialist hypocrisy. The WFTU, on the occasion of the 30th of March, observed as the Palestinian Land Day, calls on its affiliates and friends, class-oriented and militant trade unions internationally to organize mobilizations and demonstrations, both in the streets, but in the workplaces as well, under the slogan: “Free Palestine! Stop the displacement plans! Stop the ethnic cleansing” <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatWFTU on the International Day of Elimination of Racial Discrimination <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-on-the-international-day-of-elimination-of-racial-discrimination-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-on-the-international-day-of-elimination-of-racial-discrimination-2/</a> 21 March 2025 On March 21st in 1960 the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against the Apartheid. Since then, the 21st of March is observed as the International Day of Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The World Federation of Trade Unions since its foundation has been at the forefront of the fight against Apartheid in South Africa. As stated in the Rome Declaration of the 18th WFTU Congress, imperialist wars, poverty and misery as a result of the exploitation of the developing countries, the environmental crisis, create millions of refugees and immigrants. Workers who are more vulnerable in the exploitation of the employers and in the unsafe and unregulated working conditions. At the same time, it is clear that the big immigrant flows of the last years, are being instrumentalized by nationalist and neo-fascist forces, in order to reenforce xenophobia and racism. The World Federation of Trade Unions expresses its internationalist solidarity with the more than 280 million migrant workers around the globe, who struggle to survive away from their homelands which they left to escape from the horror of wars and misery, and at the same time are the victims of racism and discrimination. As a fundamental principle, the international class-oriented trade union movement, unites all workers in the struggles for their rights and just demands, regardless of origin, color, language and religion, against capitalist exploitation, racism, fascist ideology and xenophobia. On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the WFTU calls upon its affiliated trade unions and the workers of the world in general, to continue and intensify the organized and militant struggles against the system that creates displaced peoples, migrants and refugees, exploitation, inequality and discrimination. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatSolidarity with AMAR LAGHA and all the activists of the Fédération CGT du Commerce (France)! <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/solidarity-with-amar-lagha-and-all-the-activists-of-the-federation-cgt-du-commerce-france/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/solidarity-with-amar-lagha-and-all-the-activists-of-the-federation-cgt-du-commerce-france/</a> The World Federation of Trade Unions, which represents the voice of 105 million workers worldwide in 133 countries, expresses its full support to Amar Lagah, General Secretary of the Fédération CGT du Commerce, the largest CGT Federation in the private sector in France and affiliated to the WFTU. Amar Lagah, just like hundreds of activists of the CGT trade union, is the target of a complaint by the management of a retail chain, and the police have decided to summon him to the Nanterre police station on 26 March 2025: a summons that constitutes a full-scale attack on class-based trade unionism in the retail sector. The WFTU salutes all the CGT organizations that have called for solidarity and for massive participation in the rally in support of our comrade Amar Lagah: solidarity is our only strength against police arbitrariness and employer repression! Support Amar Lagha, no to repression, justice for workers! <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatThe WFTU condemns the new barbaric bombardment of Gaza and the continuation of the genocide of the Palestinian people <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/the-wftu-condemns-the-new-barbaric-bombardment-of-gaza-and-the-continuation-of-the-genocide-of-the-palestinian-people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/the-wftu-condemns-the-new-barbaric-bombardment-of-gaza-and-the-continuation-of-the-genocide-of-the-palestinian-people/</a> The WFTU condemns the continuous escalation of genocide in Palestine, with the latest aggression in the early morning hours killing hundreds of women and children while sleeping in their tents on the rubbles of their homes in Gaza. The Israeli government didn’t show at any point its true will to end the genocide, even throughout the cease fire deal, provoking the deal repeatedly by prohibiting aid from entering Gaza, and the ongoing military operations in the West Bank and Lebanon. The escalation of the genocide with blessing and support of the USA and its allies, reveals once again the hypocrisy and cynicism of the imperialist powers. The WFTU reiterates its solidarity with the heroic people of Palestine, and calls upon its affiliates to intensify the solidarity action with Palestine. The WFTU was and will remain on the side of the Palestinian in their struggle for freedom and peace. End the Genocide! Free Palestine! <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatThe World Federation of Trade Unions condemns the attacks of the USA against the people of Yemen <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/the-world-federation-of-trade-unions-condemns-the-attacks-of-the-usa-against-the-people-of-yemen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/the-world-federation-of-trade-unions-condemns-the-attacks-of-the-usa-against-the-people-of-yemen/</a> The WFTU condemns the attacks of the United States of America against several Yemeni cities, which resulted in dozens of civilian casualties. These attacks reaffirm the intent of the USA to escalate the situation in the Middle East, with more and more militarization. The class-oriented international trade union movement stands in the solidarity with the people and working class of Yemen, against the imperialist interventions and attacks of the USA and its allies. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatThe WFTU Condemns the massacres in Syria <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/the-wftu-condemns-the-massacres-in-syria/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/the-wftu-condemns-the-massacres-in-syria/</a> The World Federation of Trade Unions condemns the shameful events of mass killings over religion, that took place in the costal region of Syria. These kinds of crimes only serve the interests of the imperialist powers and all those who are trying to divide the Syrian people and dismember Syria. The new leadership of Syria bears the full responsibility of these events, and it has the sole role of protecting the Syrian people. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

kriykatWFTU Presidential Council resolution of solidarity with the Palestinian people and the struggling people of the region <a href="https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-presidential-council-resolution-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinian-people-and-the-struggling-people-of-the-region/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wftucentral.org/wftu-presidential-council-resolution-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinian-people-and-the-struggling-people-of-the-region/</a> The WFTU Presidential Council, which met at its annual meeting on the 4th and 5th of March 2025 in Hanoi, Vietnam, condemns the crimes and the barbarity of the murderous state of Israel, and expresses its support and solidarity for the heroic Palestinian People in their struggle for freedom and dignity. The ongoing bloodshed has been going on and escalating since the 7th of October 2023 with the support and encouragement of the USA, the EU and their allies, has already resulted in tens of thousands of people losing their lives and many more injured. After the flattening of Gaza, Israel continues its atrocities in the West Bank, with daily killings of civilians, imprisonments, bombings and destruction of infrastructure. In the last months, the Israeli aggression also expands and escalates in Lebanon, in Syria and in the wider region of the Middle East, with the open violation of borders and the mass devastating bombing of civilians. The Presidential Council expresses its support and solidarity with the Palestinian people and with the people of the region, in their struggle for sovereignty, liberation, and to repel aggression against their countries. The recent statement of the President of the USA regarding the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, constitutes a continuation of the longstanding and consistent US’s stance and support for the murderous state of Israel and its plans. With his statement, Trump reaffirms in unprecedented cynicism, the USA’s full support of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians. The World Federation of Trade Unions strongly denounces and condemns these statements and plans, and reaffirms its unshakeable solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian people for their right to live in freedom in their own homeland, in the land that they were born. The consistent and principled support and solidarity to the heroic Palestinian people had always been a priority for the international class-oriented trade union movement. It is clear that the only way to secure and consolidate peace and security for the people in Palestine and Israel, but also in the wider Middle East, is to immediately end the Israeli occupation and settlement in the occupied Arab territories, as provided for in the UN resolutions, and to establish an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and guarantee the right of return of Palestinian refugees. For the WFTU is clear that as the imperialist aggression intensifies, our solidarity must intensify too. The workers from all around the world are in a continues struggle of supporting the Palestinian people! The militant trade unions join their voices with the Palestinian people, condemn the imperialist hypocrisy. The WFTU, on the occasion of the 30th of March, observed as the Palestinian Land Day”, calls on its affiliates and friends, class-oriented and militant trade unions internationally to organise mobilizations and demonstrations, both in the streets, but in the workplaces as well, under the slogan: “Free Palestine! Stop the displacement plans! Stop the ethnic cleansing”   WFTU Presidential Council March 5, 2025 <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Statements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Statements</a>

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