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The original letter can be found <a href="https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/fight-continues,52310?">here</a>. </em>| Photo courtesy of <a href="https://retireeadvocate.org/">retireeadvocate.org</a></p> <p class="has-text-align-justify" id="m_-2694680737972370304ydpf14be5b5docs-internal-guid-d6eb759b-7fff-97b9-08f6-67a265f1b43d">Many medicare eligible NYC retirees live in our community. We devoted years of service to NYC working as EMTs, Police, Fire, Sanitation, Nurses, and Educators often accepting smaller paychecks than private sector jobs offer due to the promise of continued, excellent health benefits when we retire.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">However, we retirees have been in the fight of our lives for the past three years after learning that the city, along with the Municipal Labor Committee, and its current controlling bosses, (Michael Mulgrew from the UFT, Henry Garrido of DC 37, and Harry Nespoli of the Sanitation Union), were about to change our fully subsidized healthcare which for most of us is traditional Medicare-plus-GHI-Senior Care Medicare, to an inferior Medicare Advantage Plan – without our knowledge or our support.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">These private plans often diminish healthcare at a time in one’s life when more and better healthcare is needed.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Three successful lawsuits by the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees (<a href="http://nycretirees.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">nycretirees.org</a>) are being appealed by the City of NY and so the fight against this healthcare conversion continues.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Fortunately, retired UFT members will have the opportunity this May to fight back by taking control of their union chapter. We will be able to vote out the Unity leaders who are responsible for the healthcare changes, in the upcoming Retired Teacher Chapter election and replace them with leadership that will truly act in our best interests.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">I encourage all UFT retirees to vote for the entire Retiree Advocate Slate on which I am proud to be running in an officer position. This will send a strong message to the Unity leadership that their job is to represent and improve benefits/conditions for their members, both active and retired, instead of selling them out.</p> <p class="">Gloria Brandman</p> <p class=""><em>The writer is a UFT retiree and an officer candidate in the upcoming Retired Teacher Chapter elections.</em></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <p class="post-categories"><span>Published in</span> <a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/east/" title="View all posts in East">East</a></p> <div class="post-tags"><ul><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/fsm/" title="View all posts tagged FSM">FSM</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/hbsl/" title="View all posts tagged HBSL">HBSL</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/labor/" title="View all posts tagged labor">labor</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/labor-today/" title="View all posts tagged Labor Today">Labor Today</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/luel/" title="View all posts tagged LUEL">LUEL</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/nyc-retirees/" title="View all posts tagged NYC Retirees">NYC Retirees</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/organize/" title="View all posts tagged organize">organize</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/solidarity/" title="View all posts tagged solidarity">solidarity</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/wftu/" title="View all posts tagged WFTU">WFTU</a></li></ul></div> </div> </article> </div><div class="post-2538 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east tag-alu tag-amazon-labor-union tag-fsm tag-hbsl tag-jfk8 tag-labor tag-labor-today tag-luel tag-organize tag-solidarity entry double"> <article> <div class="featured-image"><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/amazon-labor-union-elections-and-the-fight-for-rank-and-file-unionism/">Amazon Labor Union Elections and the Fight for Rank-and-File Unionism<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ALUworkers.png?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ALUworkers.png?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ALUworkers.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ALUworkers.png?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ALUworkers.png?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ALUworkers.png?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ALUworkers.png?resize=18%2C10&ssl=1 18w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div> <div class='post-header'> <h1 class='post-title'>Amazon Labor Union Elections and the Fight for Rank-and-File Unionism</h1> <div class="post-byline">By Michael Iverson IBEW Member on May 1, 2024 | <p class="post-categories"><a class="east" href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/east/" title="View all posts in East">East</a></p></div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p class="has-text-align-justify"><em>This is the first article in a series with Vice President Michelle Valentin Nieves who is running for ALU President on the Workers First Slate. You can donate to the slate’s campaign </em><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-members-first-slate-campaign?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Amazon Labor Union (ALU) was started back in 2021 amidst a deepening fight at Amazon for workers’ right to unionize. The epicenter of that organizing started at Amazon warehouse JFK8, where ALU would begin with Chris Smalls as President, Derrick Palmer as Vice President (VP), and Michelle Valentin Nieves as Recording Secretary. Fast forward to 2024 and Smalls is not running for re-election, Palmer resigned following an assault charge last year, and Nieves has been acting VP for over a year. Now, Michelle is running for President of ALU and has outlined a plan to embolden workers and strengthen the rank-and-file members.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p class="has-text-align-justify">“<em>Join us in our mission to empower Amazon workers. I, along with my team of experienced Amazon veterans, am committed to serving the rank-and-file membership of the ALU. We are strong advocates for on-site job retainment, Union representation, and upholding the FMLA and WWPA acts. Our vision is to return the Union back into the collective power of the rank-and-file membership, ensuring every worker has a seat at the table.”</em></p> <cite>The Workers First Slate GoFundMe page</cite></blockquote> <ul class=""> <li class="">Michelle documents an uphill battle for herself ever since she became a member of national leadership at ALU. Between the hostilities she’s experienced from other Executive Board members to Amazon management refusing to give workers Weingarten rights, the fight for the rank-and-file ALU members has not been easy. Nieves says that most of the rank and file don’t know Chris Smalls because he doesn’t spend time out on the shop floor and has spent more time traveling around speaking at panels than working to build the union. Meanwhile, Michelle has a relationship with the rank and file and is working every day to better understand the needs of the members. As President, she’s advocating for an expansion of the Executive Board to two members from each department, every member of ALU will be eligible to become a shop steward, and a bottom to top approach involving more of the rank and file.</li> </ul> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Michelle and her slate is not running uncontested however as the “Democratic Reform Caucus” is also running a slate against Nieves. The DRC is headed by founding treasurer of ALU Connor Spence who resigned, left the union and then proceeded to sue ALU leadership on the basis of forcing elections (more on the subject can be read about <a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/alu-democratic-reform-caucus-is-smoke-and-mirrors/">here</a>). LUEL continues to support ALU and the workers of JFK8 to build a fighting union on the basis of class-oriented trade unionism.</p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <p class="post-categories"><span>Published in</span> <a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/east/" title="View all posts in East">East</a></p> <div class="post-tags"><ul><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/alu/" title="View all posts tagged ALU">ALU</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/amazon-labor-union/" title="View all posts tagged Amazon Labor Union">Amazon Labor Union</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/fsm/" title="View all posts tagged FSM">FSM</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/hbsl/" title="View all posts tagged HBSL">HBSL</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/jfk8/" title="View all posts tagged JFK8">JFK8</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/labor/" title="View all posts tagged labor">labor</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/labor-today/" title="View all posts tagged Labor Today">Labor Today</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/luel/" title="View all posts tagged LUEL">LUEL</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/organize/" title="View all posts tagged organize">organize</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/solidarity/" title="View all posts tagged solidarity">solidarity</a></li></ul></div> </div> </article> </div><div class="post-2545 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-international tag-fsm tag-hbsl tag-labor tag-labor-today tag-luel tag-may-day tag-organize tag-palestine tag-solidarity tag-wftu entry double"> <article> <div class="featured-image"><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/wftu-2024-may-day-declaration/">WFTU 2024 May Day Declaration<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/wftu_logo.png?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/wftu_logo.png?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/wftu_logo.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/wftu_logo.png?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/wftu_logo.png?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/wftu_logo.png?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div> <div class='post-header'> <h1 class='post-title'>WFTU 2024 May Day Declaration</h1> <div class="post-byline">By WFTU on April 30, 2024 | <p class="post-categories"><a class="international" href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/international/" title="View all posts in International">International</a></p></div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The World Federation of Trade Unions, the militant, class-oriented voice, representing over 105 million workers who live, work, and struggle in 134 countries of the 5 continents, honors the 138th anniversary of the struggle of workers in Chicago in 1886. A struggle that constituted a lasting milestone of the working class and a bright beacon for the struggles of today and tomorrow, a beacon of the uninterrupted class struggle for stable work with rights, social security, free public, and universal health and education, dignified life.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">This year’s May Day anniversary will go down in history as a bloody anniversary. Because while millions of workers around the world organize themselves, demand against the anti-people’s policies of the capital, its governments and the EU, our colleagues in Palestine will be burying the dozens of bodies murdered every day in the genocide that is carried out by Israel. Workers in every corner of the globe will not remain silent in the crime being committed. They will turn every May Day activity into a demonstration of solidarity with the struggling Palestinian people, and of condemnation of the murderous state of Israel and its imperialist allies who in one way or another support the massacre.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Similarly, the workers do not remain silent on every other crime committed against the peoples, for the profits of the imperialists and the monopolies. At a time when the planet is dripping blood in various places from military interventions, the international class-oriented trade union movement, organized and decisively, is fighting for peace. We say no to imperialist plans and military conflicts. The struggle for peace has a specific content. It means first and foremost a struggle for the dismantling of NATO and all military coalitions, a struggle to defend the right of every people to choose the path of their economic and social development without interventions, sanctions, blockades, and economic wars. Against the double-standards policy where international law ends up being in practice the law of the powerful ones.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The messages and demands of the Chicago pioneers of 1886 remain relevant today. The crisis of capitalism is generalized and deepens. Social inequalities are widening dramatically. Democratic freedoms and trade union rights, are under attack all over the world.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The high cost of living and inflation are brutally undermining workers’ and pensioners living standards. Τhe right to organize and collective bargaining and the sacred right to strike are under attack.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Individual contracts, privatizations, outsourcing, teleworking and “service leasing” are just some of the forms taken by this harsh neoliberal attack.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Major social achievements such as social security and public health care are being privatized while the authoritarian and arbitrary increase of the retirement age methodically continues.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">It is obvious that the burden of the capitalist crisis, is being attempted once again to be put on the shoulders of the working people and the weak popular strata in general.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The workers all over the world do not passively accept the capitalist anti-grassroots, and anti-worker attacks. They refuse to pay the bill of the capitalist crisis. With militant struggles and mobilizations in all corners of the globe, they demand the satisfaction of their contemporary needs. The WFTU and its affiliates are, and will continue firmly being in the vanguard of this struggles!</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">In this year’s May Day celebrations and demonstrations, the Palestinian flag will wave proudly next to the WFTU’s and its affiliates’ flags. In a spirit of solidarity and internationalism, we firmly stand beside the people of the heroic Cuba, and the peoples who struggle against the murderous sanctions, interventions, imperialist aggression, blockades and economic wars.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">On the occasion of May Day 2024, the WFTU calls the class and militant trade unions around the world to organize this year’s campaign and activities under the slogan:</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify"><strong>AGAINST THEIR PROFITS, WE RISE UP FOR OUR LIVES!</strong></p> <p class="has-text-align-justify"><strong>More Massive and Militant</strong></p> <ul class=""> <li class=""><strong>For the workers’ contemporary needs, against the exploitation!</strong></li> <li class=""><strong>For democratic and trade union freedoms!</strong></li> <li class=""><strong>In solidarity with Palestine, against imperialist wars and interventions!</strong></li> </ul> <p class="has-text-align-justify">For the class-oriented Trade Union movement, for the workers who resist, who do not compromise with oppression, discrimination and exploitation, there is only one path of dignity: the path of the struggles!</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The struggles that have taken place signal hope, show the enormous power of the organized working class, illuminate the path of perspective against capitalist exploitation.</p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <p class="post-categories"><span>Published in</span> <a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/international/" title="View all posts in International">International</a></p> <div class="post-tags"><ul><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/fsm/" title="View all posts tagged FSM">FSM</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/hbsl/" title="View all posts tagged HBSL">HBSL</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/labor/" title="View all posts tagged labor">labor</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/labor-today/" title="View all posts tagged Labor Today">Labor Today</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/luel/" title="View all posts tagged LUEL">LUEL</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/may-day/" title="View all posts tagged May Day">May Day</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/organize/" title="View all posts tagged organize">organize</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/palestine/" title="View all posts tagged Palestine">Palestine</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/solidarity/" title="View all posts tagged solidarity">solidarity</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/wftu/" title="View all posts tagged WFTU">WFTU</a></li></ul></div> </div> </article> </div><div class="post-2550 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east entry double"> <article> <div class="featured-image"><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/cwa-and-newsguild-react-to-dissolution-of-teamsters-local-strike-continues-for-four-other-unions/">CWA and NewsGuild React to Dissolution of Teamsters Local; Strike Continues for Four Other Unions<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20231006Karly01-1536x825-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20231006Karly01-1536x825-1.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20231006Karly01-1536x825-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20231006Karly01-1536x825-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20231006Karly01-1536x825-1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20231006Karly01-1536x825-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20231006Karly01-1536x825-1.jpg?resize=18%2C10&ssl=1 18w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div> <div class='post-header'> <h1 class='post-title'>CWA and NewsGuild React to Dissolution of Teamsters Local; Strike Continues for Four Other Unions</h1> <div class="post-byline">By Pittsburgh Union Progress on April 30, 2024 | <p class="post-categories"><a class="east" href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/east/" title="View all posts in East">East</a></p></div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p class="">Reprinted From <a href="https://www.unionprogress.com/2024/04/11/cwa-and-newsguild-react-to-dissolution-of-teamsters-local/">Pittsburgh Union Progress</a> | Image Courtesy of <a href="https://unionprogress.com">unionprogress.com</a></p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The Communications Workers of America sent out the following news release Thursday about the Pittsburgh news workers strike as it continues for four other unions:</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">On Wednesday, Teamsters Local 211/205 voted to accept severance payments from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette management in exchange for dissolving their union and ending their strike against an employer that has violated federal law with several unions.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">“It’s beyond disappointing that the Teamsters would abandon their fellow strikers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,” said NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss. “We stood with the Teamsters: in the cold, in the rain, in the snow and in the face of violent scab truck drivers and aggressive police. We will continue to strike and hold the employer to account. And we will never give up on our union or our members.”</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">“We’re very disappointed with what the Teamsters did,” said CWA District 2-13 Vice President Mike Davis. “By selling out in secret, the Teamsters have not only damaged their own credibility but have also jeopardized the possibility of a fair settlement for all the unions involved. We will not forget who stayed in this fight to the end, but right now we’re focused on sticking together because we’re stronger together. And we’re going to get the best possible deal for our members.”</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">“After 18 months on strike, standing on the picket lines day and late into the nights with Teamster drivers represented by Local 211/205, it’s extremely disappointing to see this unit fall for the company’s divide and conquer strategy,” said Zack Tanner, Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh president. “Newsroom workers won’t be broken, though. We will always stand strong against the company’s union-busting tactics, just as we’ve stood strong against the bosses, cops, and scabs that have tried to break us.”</p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <p class="post-categories"><span>Published in</span> <a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/east/" title="View all posts in East">East</a></p> </div> </article> </div><div class="post-2547 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-international tag-fsm tag-hbsl tag-labor-today tag-luel tag-may-day tag-organize tag-solidarity tag-wftu entry double"> <article> <div class="featured-image"><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/joint-declaration-of-the-wftu-affiliated-trade-unions-of-cyprus-on-international-workers-day-2024/">Joint Declaration of the WFTU-affiliated Trade Unions of Cyprus on International Workers Day 2024<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MAY-DAY-2024-1024x379-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MAY-DAY-2024-1024x379-1.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MAY-DAY-2024-1024x379-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MAY-DAY-2024-1024x379-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MAY-DAY-2024-1024x379-1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MAY-DAY-2024-1024x379-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MAY-DAY-2024-1024x379-1.jpg?resize=18%2C10&ssl=1 18w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div> <div class='post-header'> <h1 class='post-title'>Joint Declaration of the WFTU-affiliated Trade Unions of Cyprus on International Workers Day 2024</h1> <div class="post-byline">By WFTU on April 30, 2024 | <p class="post-categories"><a class="international" href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/international/" title="View all posts in International">International</a></p></div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p class=""><strong>PEO, DEV-I</strong><strong>̇</strong><strong>Ş</strong><strong>, KTAMS, KT</strong><strong>Ö</strong><strong>S, KTOE</strong><strong>Ö</strong><strong>S, BES, KOOP-SEN, DA</strong><strong>Ü</strong><strong>-SEN</strong></p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">United the working people of Cyprus, this year we shall again commemorate Workers Day, the international day of struggle and solidarity of working people.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">May Day remains a steadfast timeless milestone in the struggles of the working class all over the world.  A day of remembrance and honour for the pioneering heroes of the Chicago Uprising of 1886, whose sacrifice became a symbol of struggle for the international working class. A day to mark the struggles of the working class all over the world for peace, for work with rights, for a society free from the exploitation.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">On this historic day we honour the pioneers of the workers movement of our homeland, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots who, through fierce class struggles and in the spirit of internationalism and class solidarity, achieved fundamental gains for the working class of Cyprus.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Today, working people all over the world are suffering the consequences of the capitalist crisis.  Price hikes, expensiveness and inflation have further reduced working people’s living standards.  Millions of people are facing the risk of poverty and social exclusion due to the anti-social socio-economic policies imposed by the ruling political forces in the EU and elsewhere.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Capital and the political forces that support it are intensifying their attacks on trade union freedoms and rights won through ferocious struggles. Because of neoliberal policies, public goods such as education and health care are not universally accessible. The result of these policies is the widening of economic and social inequalities.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">At the same time, the ongoing imperialist wars and interventions for the imposition of geostrategic interests are continuing, bringing misery and destruction, large waves of refugees and migrants. The war between Ukraine and Russia continues with dramatic consequences for both peoples.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Over the last six months humanity has been witnessing the targeted genocide and barbaric crimes being committed by the State of Israel, with the complicity of the USA and the European Union, against the Palestinian people. </p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot workers stand on the side of the people of Palestine.   We join with all the working people of the world in denouncing the genocide and the Israeli occupation. We express our full support for the right of the Palestinian people to an independent Palestinian state. </p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The escalation of tensions in the Middle East endangers world peace as the vicious circle of retaliation can lead to the generalisation of war. The Cypriot working people who for more than fifty years have been suffering the results of NATO’s imperialist plans condemn wars and foreign interventions and stand with the forces fighting for peace to prevail.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">On this symbolic day for the international working class, with our Joint Declaration, we reiterate the message that we do not compromise with the division. The continuing stagnation [on the Cyprus problem] and the absence of dialogue, combined with the creation of new fait accompli, are leading to the permanent partition of our country.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">We call on the two leaders to make creative use of the presence of the UN Secretary General’s Special envoy on Cyprus, far from any actions that create tensions, so that the procedure of the talks can be resumed from the point where they had remained at Crans Montana, with the sole aim of resolving the Cyprus problem on the agreed basis. </p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">For a just and mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus problem within the framework of a Bizonal, Bicommunal Federation, with political equality as defined in the resolutions of the UN, for a demilitarised and independent state, without “protectors” and “guardians”.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">We will continue our struggle and joint actions with the sole aim of achieving peace and the reunification of our homeland.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">In the current critical economic and social conditions, the solution of the Cyprus problem will give a new perspective and dynamic to the development and progress of Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, Armenians, Maronites and Latins.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">With the solution of the Cyprus problem and the reunification of our country, we will be able to continue our common struggles in peace and security within the framework of a united economy, with a single system of labour relations and working conditions for all and with equal access to social rights.  Based on our common class struggles, we will be able to win more workers’ and social gains.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">In the face of the attacks being waged by capital, confronting the voices of division and separation we strengthen the class solidarity, struggles and assertions of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot workers.  We march together with the international class-based trade union movement within the ranks of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) in the struggle for peace and social justice.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Long live International Workers Day!</p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <p class="post-categories"><span>Published in</span> <a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/international/" title="View all posts in International">International</a></p> <div class="post-tags"><ul><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/fsm/" title="View all posts tagged FSM">FSM</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/hbsl/" title="View all posts tagged HBSL">HBSL</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/labor-today/" title="View all posts tagged Labor Today">Labor Today</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/luel/" title="View all posts tagged LUEL">LUEL</a></li><li><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/tag/may-day/" title="View all posts tagged May 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size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WFTU.LightBlue.png?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WFTU.LightBlue.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WFTU.LightBlue.png?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WFTU.LightBlue.png?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WFTU.LightBlue.png?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WFTU.LightBlue.png?resize=18%2C10&ssl=1 18w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div> <div class='post-header'> <h1 class='post-title'>WFTU Solidarity Statement to the Brazilian Public Workers’ National Strike</h1> <div class="post-byline">By WFTU on April 30, 2024 | <p class="post-categories"><a class="international" href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/international/" title="View all posts in International">International</a></p></div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The World Trade Union Federation (WFTU), representing over 105 million workers, present in 134 countries on 5 continents of the world, expresses its support and solidarity with the major nationwide strike of the Brazilian federal public servants.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The Brazilian people and workers expect and demand, after the recent electoral success that removed Bolsonaro’s far-right from power and gave victory and governance to Lula da Silva, that there be restoration and strengthening of workers’ rights and respect for the demands and claims of the just workers’ mobilizations.</p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <p class="post-categories"><span>Published in</span> <a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/international/" title="View all posts 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tag-hbsl tag-labor tag-labor-today tag-luel tag-organize tag-solidarity tag-wftu entry double"> <article> <div class="featured-image"><a href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/wftu-statement-on-the-world-day-for-safety-and-health-at-work/">WFTU Statement on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WFTU.Yellow.png?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WFTU.Yellow.png?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WFTU.Yellow.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WFTU.Yellow.png?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WFTU.Yellow.png?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WFTU.Yellow.png?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WFTU.Yellow.png?resize=18%2C10&ssl=1 18w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div> <div class='post-header'> <h1 class='post-title'>WFTU Statement on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work</h1> <div class="post-byline">By WFTU on April 30, 2024 | <p class="post-categories"><a class="international" href="https://labortoday.luel.us/en/category/international/" title="View all posts in International">International</a></p></div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p class="has-text-align-justify">On the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the World Federation of Trade Unions, reaffirms its commitment to the struggle for safe and healthy working conditions. Every worker has the right to return home unharmed at the end of the day. On behalf of its 105 million workers who live, work and struggle in 133 countries all over the globe, the WFTU expresses its internationalist solidarity with the workers of the world who are suffering, faced with the criminal impact of lack of protective health and safety measures at the workplace.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The ILO estimates that some 2.3 million women and men around the world succumb to work related accidents or diseases every year; this corresponds to over 6000 thousand deaths every single day. Worldwide, there are around 340 million occupational accidents and 160 million victims of work-related illnesses annually</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Safe and healthy working conditions are not a privilege, but a fundamental right. Yet, millions of workers worldwide continue to work in hazardous conditions, risking their health and lives. We call upon governments, employers and international bodies to prioritize workers’ health and safety, to enforce stringent safety standards, and to hold those who violate these standards accountable.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">The World Federation of Trade Unions strongly believes that trade unions should have a main role in overseeing the implementation of health and safety measures at the workplace. The trade unions must not be excluded from the procedure of reporting and investigating work related accidents. This role cannot be played by the employers that put profits over the lives, health and safety of the workers.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">For capitalism profit is sacred and the ruthless competition appears as a necessary end that sanctifies the means. It is no coincidence that with these priorities the safety and health of the workers is put on the sidelines. whatever creates a cost, whatever takes away from the profits, is a “burden” that cannot be lifted.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">It is obvious that the annual recurrences of occupational injuries, deaths and contraction of work-related diseases can no longer be understood as workplace accidents. These incidents are not accidents; they are evidence of the conscious sacrifices of workers for the sake of profit.</p> <p class="has-text-align-justify">Since its establishment in 1945, the WFTU remains the militant international voice of the working class against capitalist barbarity and the employer’s greed that prioritize profits above the health, safety and in many cases the very life of the workers. The WFTU calls upon class-oriented trade unions all over the globe to strengthen their struggle for adequate health and safety measures in all aspects of people’s lives.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img decoding="async" width="724" height="1024" src="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/World-Day-on-Health-and-Safety.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2541" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/World-Day-on-Health-and-Safety.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&ssl=1 724w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/World-Day-on-Health-and-Safety.jpg?resize=212%2C300&ssl=1 212w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/World-Day-on-Health-and-Safety.jpg?resize=768%2C1086&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/labortoday.luel.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/World-Day-on-Health-and-Safety.jpg?resize=1086%2C1536&ssl=1 1086w, 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