 world federation of trade unions
Tursday, November 26, 2009
To: Construction Workers Federation of India
Dear comrades,
we have received the letter and the press release of your Organization about the National Strike of Construction Workers in India on 8th December,2009. The World Federation of Trade Unios believes that it is a very important initiative which is associated with the other dynamics strugles and events that your Federation according to its action plan has arleady organized.
We believe that the success, the massive and militant participation of the workers in your branch will help all the workers in India, specially at this time that the working class in the world is oppressed more and more by the capital, by the multinationals and their goverments and it suffers because of the capitalist economic crisis.
The workers in the branch of Construction face very hard the consequences of this crisis.
Your demands are fair. The W.F.T.U. calls for their immediately satisfaction. Our thoughts are with you. We express and declare our deep and sincere Working Solidarity for the National Strike on 8th December, 2009 which will comprise a significant step for the class oriented trade union movement in the world.
THE WFTU SECRETARIAT
40, Zan Moreas street, Athens 11745 GREECE
Tel. +302109214417, +302109236700, Fax +30210 9214517
www.wftucentral.org E-mails : info@wftucentral.org,
international@wftucentral.org
Mr. Debanjan Djakrabarti, General Secretary
Construction Workers Federation of India
53, Acharjya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road
Calcutta - 700 016, West Bengal
Tel: +9133-2297347
E-mail: cwfigs@rediffmail.com , debanajan@cwfigs.org
Helsinki, 25 November 2009
Dear Comrades and Friends,
The Secretariat of our Trades Union International of Workers in the Building, Wood and Building Materials Industries UITBB has been informed of the call for a national strike day on 8th December 2009 launched by your Union - the Construction Workers Federation of India.
On behalf of our UITBB and millions of affiliated workers around the world we express our full support and solidarity with your Federation, its members and all the workers who will follow your strike call.
We equally share and fully support your demands in 10 points which are vital and legitimate demands for building workers, in particular today when the capitalist crisis hits millions of our brothers and sisters around the world, especially migrant building workers and their families. They are among the most exploited toiling people, often deprived of basic social and democratic rights.
Together with you we demand that decent and well remunerated jobs with rights be created in the construction industry, in particular in the housing sector. In view of shortage of social and affordable housing everywhere, workers of our industries have a noble task – to build housing for their fellow workers, and therefore they must themselves enjoy full social and human rights.
Building workers have always been among the most class conscious part of the working class and therefore we are convinced that your struggle, dear brothers and sisters, will bring about positive results for you and the entire society.
Be reassured of our militant solidarity. Keep us informed of the result of your labour action!
Long live internationalism of the working class!
The UITBB Secretariat
To the
Construction Workers Federation of India
India
November 30, 2009
Dear Comrades,
On behalf of the Executive Council of the Cyprus Building, Wood, Mine and General Workers Trade Union, I would like to express our solidarity to your struggles for the benefit of the Construction Workers of India.
I would like also, through your Federation to send our warm, fraternal greetings to the workers and call them to support the national strike on 8th of December 2009. I strongly believe that struggles can succeed only when working class is strong and united and fight for their demands.
Having knowledge of your 10 point demands, I believe that you, the Construction Workers, must use the right of the strike and send a strong decisive message to everyone and especially to the government and to the employers in order to gain better and secure working conditions in our sector and for all workers in general.
We are all aware of the world economic crisis and its consequences. It is our strong demand that special policies and measures must be taken towards the right direction in order to overcome the difficulties and prevent the working class to pay off the mistakes of the capitalistic system.
Dear Comrades,
I believe that you have done very good campaign for the success of your strike.
Wishing you all the best,
Fraternally yours,
Michalis Papanikolaou
General Secretary
December, 2009
Mr. Debanjan Chakraborti,
General Secretary,
Construction Workers Fed., of India,
53, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road,
Calcutta 700 016,
INDIA.
Dear Debanjan
National Strike of Construction Workers of India
on 8th December 2009
I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 26th November, 2009 advising me of a National Strike of Indian construction workers on 8th December, 2009. The demands put forward by your Federation are of course attuned to our Union’s campaign and aspiration in this country and on behalf of all Construction Workers in Scotland , our Executive Council member for Scotland Mr Michael Farrell and the Scottish regional council. wish to convey a message of solidarity with the Indian Construction Workers and wish them and your Federation every success in their endeavours.
With every good wish,
Yours sincerely,
Michael Farrell
Executive council member , Scotland
Ucatt
From: rubinawwo@nexlinx.net.pk
To: cwfigs@rediffmail.com, debanjan@cwfigs.org
Date:
Subject: Solidarity Messsage from Pakistan
All Pakistan Trade Union Federation/ Working Women Organization
14-N, Industrial Area, Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Fax: 92-42-5311194
Tel: 0301-4667633
Dear Comrade Debanjan Chakarbarti
General Secretary
Construction Workers Federation-India
Militant greetings from Pakistan!
On behalf of All Pakistan Trade Union Federation/Working Women
Organization and Progressive Youth Organization, we express our great
solidarity with and fullest support for the nation wide strike of
Construction Workers Federation of India on December 8, 2009.
We the working class of Pakistan are also facing a great sufferings
because of the war and the anti workers labour laws.
We assure you with the core of our hear that your struggle is our struggle
and the Pakistani working class, youth and women are with you.
Longlive workers unity!
Gulzar Ahmed Chaudhary
Secretary General
All Pakistan Trade Union Federation
Rubina Jamil
President
Working Women Organization
Yasir Gulzar
President
Progressive Youth Organization
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