The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and the International Workers’ Institute (IWI) organize the Conference :Women: struggles, resistance and war | Friday 29 November 4 p.m. (Athens time)
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.
The World Federation of Trade Unions held its International Conference on Democratic Freedoms and Trade Union rights on June 11th, within the framework of the 112th International Labor Conference
On May 9, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the Great Anti-Fascist Victory, the IWI held on the ZOOM platform the 3rd seminar of its 2nd cycle of trade union training, entitled: “Historical lessons from the USSR for the contemporary militant trade union movement”.
The WFTU calls on its affiliates and friends, class-oriented and militant trade unions around the world to organise mobilizations and demonstrations, both in the streets, but in the workplaces as well, with the poster of the campaign and Palestinian flags, under the slogan:
“The workers of the world stand with Palestine!”
For the WFTU 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.
«Today’s priorities of the labor movement and the role of the ILO» Dear colleagues, brothers and sisters, I am glad to see you all again strong, healthy and with a militant spirit. I know that you are experienced trade unionists and that you are successfully setting…
The World Federation of Trade Unions, the militant, class-oriented voice, representing 105 million workers who live, work, and struggle in 133 countries of the 5 continents, honors the 137th anniversary of the struggle of workers in Chicago in 1886 that constituted a lasting milestone of the working class and a…
Today we publish the three parts of the interview with George Mavrikos, former general secretary of the WFTU, conducted by Luis Miguel Busto Mauleón and published in the electronic magazine “Rebelión”. English translation by Maria Barouti. George Mavrikos was born on the Greek island of Skyros 72 years ago. Since…
The Struggles of the Railroad Workers of France between 2014 and 2020 France is, together with Portugal and Belgium, one of the last countries in the European Union where the historical railway company is still 100% public and where the network has almost totally remained under the public monopoly regime….
