This MayDay - 2012, we shall restates our determination to defend the fundamental human and trade union rights of public sector workers; and the rights of all citizens to universally accessible quality public serves.
May Day 2012 sees
public sector workers and our unions locked in an ideological battle to save
the livelihoods and the public services so many people value and depend on.
The financial
crisis that hit in 2008 is being used as a reason to cut back on public
spending, privatise public services and slash public sector jobs, wages and
conditions. The reality is that the crisis is now no more than an excuse.
The public deficits in
whose names
services
are being destroyed are
a consequence of the
economic crisis, not a
cause. The blind
refusal by our
government to look for
solutions rooted in job
creation and decent
work is perpetuating
multiple crises.
The so called austerity measures and
reforms initiated by our government are as per designs “set by the
multinational corporation companies and international financial institutions” & imposed on working class of India, with dire consequences.
The unprecedented
and coordinated global attacks on labour are part and parcel of this
ideological attack on working class. Freedom of association, collective
bargaining and freedom of expression are all under threat.
We, the working
class must join together against these injustices. We cannot allow the 1% of people, filling their pockets at the
expense of 99% of population – we the working class.
The growing inequalities that the 1 % is
deliberately promoting, in a desperate attempt to cling to and increase their
vast wealth. Ordinary citizens and working class see our public services
being torn to shreds; and see the hard working people who deliver those
services being demonised. And we are saying NO. We have to mobilise against these manifest injustices.
Mobilising for a better world built on fairness, justice and the respect of
human rights.
“As public sector
unions we must realize that
public services are the very foundation of
just and
democratic societies. We must also
know that our fight is the fight of the
masses.In solidarity - lies victory!!”
NFTE – CUDDALORE EXTENDS ITS MAY
DAY
GREETING TO ALL OUR
FRATERNAL COMMUNITY!!
