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Union movement promotes strategies for economic recovery
1 April 2009
Global union federations have outlined a set of alternative strategies for the global economy that emphasises getting people back into work and promoting humanitarian values.
The federations have put forward the plan in a new magazine, Getting the world to work: Global union strategies for recovery. The strategies, agreed by members of Global Unions, including the ITF, were put before world leaders in Washington in November 2008; they are on the table again this week at the G20 meeting in London, UK.
The articles highlight the labour movement’s demand for a change of direction and a break with the greed, self-interest and inequalities of the past. Governments, they insist, should put people first.
ITF general secretary David Cockroft, who contributed to the magazine, said: “This publication reflects a unified approach by union federations to tackling the economic crisis and is set to reinforce global trade unions’ influence in discussions about the future. We believe that it is vital that the strategies outlined are taken on board by government leaders meeting at the G20 this week.”
To download the publication visit: http://www.global-unions.org/IMG/pdf/Getting_the_World_to_Work.pdf
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