BRIEF REPORT OF XIII WORLD CONGRESS
OF TUIPS&A HELD AT LARNACA, CYPRUS ON 16TH& 17TH
NOVEMBER- 2019
The XIII World Congress of the
TUI, PS&A was held at Parvolia, Larnaca, Cyprus (Europe) on 16th
and 17th November, 2019.Altogether 92 delegates from 22 (Twenty Two)
countries across the world had participated in the congress. 19 (Nineteen) Women
Delegates from different countries were also the part of total number of
delegates.
Following delegates representing
confederation of Central Government Employees and workers and All India State
Government Employees Federation from India took part in the Congress.
1.
Com. Ram Niwas Parasar,
Asstt. Secretary General, Confederation of Central Government Employees and
workers.
2.
Com. Vrigu Bhattacharjee,
Financial Secretary, Confederation of Central Government Employees and workers.
3.
Com. Subhash Chander Lamba,
President, All India State Government Employees Federation.
4.
Com. Chandrappa Raghavan
Jose Prakash, All India State Government Employees Federation.
5.
Com. Gopalan Motilal, All
India State Government Employees Federation
6.
Com. Thoonikaril Chacko
Methew Kutty, All India State Government Employees Federation.
7.
Com. Shiv Pratap Singh, All
India State Government Employees Federation
8.
Com. Chandra Sekhar Reddy Nalamaru,
All India State Government Employees Federation.
a. Com. Anbarasu Muthuvijayan, All India State Government Employees
Federation.
The consecutive Sessions of XIII
Congress were presided over by a composition of presidium which were headed by
Com. Artur Sequeira, President, TUI PS&A.
The XIII Congress was inaugurated at
10 AM on 16th November, 2019. The welcome address was offered the
General Secretary, Receiption Committee, Cyprus.
Com. Peirpaolo Leonardi, General
Secretary, TUI PS & A had placed the introductory speech in terms of the
report circulated on behalf of the Secretariat. In his speech he explained the
Global scenario and endeavored to stress the need for building up the united
struggle of working class worldwide against privatization and defending the rights
of working class. He had also appealed upon the delegates to participate in the
deliberation critically so that proper review of the activities could be done
and future path of TUI PS & A could be decided in a right direction.
Following the introductory speech of
the Secretary General, 38 (thirty eight) Delegates participated in the
discussion representing their respective organizations and countries. On behalf
of All India State Government Employees Federation, Com. Subhash Chander Lamba,
President, Com. Chandrappa Raghavan Jose Prakash and Com. Chawla Sekhar Reddy
Nalamaru addressed the house. Com. Vrigu Bhattacharjee, Financial Secretary
addressed the houserepresenting the Confederation of Central Government
Employees and workers’.
Com. Ram Niwas Parasar, Asstt.
Secretary General, Confederation of Central Government Employees & workers
and Com. Subhash Chandra Lamba, President, All India State Government Employees
Federation were made the members of the presidium during the session that had
continued on 17th November, 2019.
While endorsing the report, the Delegates
who participated in the discussions narrated the challenges facing by the
working class of their respective countries and the approaches being adopted by
them to fight the challenges. Majority of the speakers expressed their opinion for
forging unity among the workers across the world and building up strong
resistance against fascism, capitalism, racism, gender discrimination and
communalism etc. the incidents of Privalisation, outsourcing, work shrinkage,
unemployment, jobless growth and curtailment of Trade Union rights worldwide
were finding prominence in the deliberations of Delegates.
The delegates from India in specific
have appraised the house that totality of working class of the country shall
embark on a day’s strike on 8th January, 2020 opposing the
anti-people and anti-worker policies of the present Government. They reported
that the country is in recession and National Pension System, Privatization,
outsourcing, denial of minimum wage, closure and retrenchments are the major
confronting issues for the working class of the country and they are committed
to fight the onslaughts. All the speakers have also offered their assurances of
implementing the decision of XIII Congress of TUI PS&A. The participants in
the deliberations have also stressed that the TUI PS &A needs to be and
expended and strengthened further by composing Continent wise regional
organizations and adopting the mechanism of democratic centralism.
Delegates from different organizations
and countries have greeted the President and the Secretary General by
presenting mementosrepresenting the tradition and culture of their countries
and ethos of workers class movements.
The Indian delegation has also
presented two separate mementos to the president and the Secretary General of
TUI PS&A.
After the deliberations by the
Delegates were over, Com. Gorge George Mavrikos, General Secretary, WFTU had offered
his valuable speech enrichened totally with the guiding principles and road map
for the unity and struggle. He had presented an in-depth analysis of the
challenges before the working people of the world. He had appreciated that the
presentations made by Delegates were truthful and confined with progressive
thoughts. Appreciating the reporting’s and proposals of speakers from All India
State Government Employees Federation and Confederation of Central Government
Employees and Workers of India, he greeted the Indian working class who are
embarking on a day’s strike on 8th January, 2020 against the anti-working
class and anti-people policies of Government of India. He also stated that;
working class of India should not feel isolated in the struggleas WFTU and
totality of its membership stand beside Indian working class. Referring to
proposal for expansion of the formation of democratic forum of TUI PS&A by
forming Continent wise regional platforms and infusing the practice of
democratic centralism in decision making, he appreciatedthe proposal. He also
informed that Com. Swadesh Deb Roy, who is the Deputy General Secretary of WFTU
and TUIS and also the Internal General Co-ordinator from India, has already
engaged himself for the task. Com. Mavrikos appraised the house that, more and
more organizations and countries are aligning with the WFTUs and TUIS. World
Congress of Textile workers and various other cross sectionsof working people are
in the pipe line. Further, as per the target set in Durban, the strength of
membership of WFTU has reached to 97 Million and it is expected that target of
100 Million would be able to be reached before the next Congress.
Summing up the discussion Com. Peirpaolo
Leonardi, General Secretary had proposed a panel of 14 (fourteen) office bearers
and committee members and 4 (four) Financial Committee members. The proposals
were unanimously accepted by august House. Com. Artur Sequeira (Portugal) has
been re-elected asthe President and Com. Zola Saphetha (Africa) has been
elected as the new General Secretary of TUI PS&A for the next term. Com. Sree
Kumar, Secretary General, All India State Government Employees Federation and
Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, Confederation of Central Government Employees
and workers from India have been re-elected as the Deputy Secretary General and
one of the Committee members respectively from India.
After being declared as elected Com.
Zola Saphetha, newly elected General Secretary addressed the house. In his
brief but inspiring written speech Com. Saphetha re-affirmed that the slogans
of “Workers of the world Unite-Workers have nothing to lose but their chain” is
still relevant. He further stated that, all workers of the world shall be
appealed to join the struggle against privatization. He also proposed that an
urgent Secretariat shall be convened in South Africa by March, 2020 to decide
about the further approach to be adopted to build up unity to carry forward the
struggle to promote the causes of the working class throughout the world.
The XIII Congress was declared
concluded with the decisions that-apart from implementing thedecisions of the
XIII Congress, the occasion of 75th year of the WFTU shall also be
celebrated with enthusiasm and seriousness throughout the world.
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