Action day will go ahead
BRUSSELS: The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) has announced in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States that it plans to go ahead with its preparations for the “Global Unions Day of Action” on November 9, 2001. In a press statement issued on September 21, the ICFTU says that on and around November 9, unions and their members will be calling for a “new globalisation” at workplaces throughout the world.
The day is set to coincide with the first day of the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which has stated it still intends to hold the ministerial meeting set for Doha, Qatar, on November 9-13, despite the September 11 attacks in the United States.
Trade unions participating in the Day of Action are making the following demands:
The day is set to coincide with the first day of the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which has stated it still intends to hold the ministerial meeting set for Doha, Qatar, on November 9-13, despite the September 11 attacks in the United States.
Trade unions participating in the Day of Action are making the following demands:
- NO to globalisation that drives down workers’ rights and job security;
- NO to globalisation that undermines education and health care;
- NO to globalisation that helps the rich and hurts the poor;
- NO to globalisation that stifles and denies democracy;
- YES to globalisation that benefits all people everywhere;
- YES to globalisation that delivers true global justice and equality.
