Views of a trade unionist

Tag: Trade unions

  • Appreciation of John Vanderveken

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    4 February 1930 to 21 May 2024 Acting ICFTU General Secretary and General Secretary 1982-1992 “Bread; economic security and social justice for all. Freedom through economic and political democracy. Peace with liberty, justice and dignity for all.” from the ICFTU Manifesto, adopted on 7 December 1949 in London by its founding Congress. Johnny was a…

  • May Day 2014 – Hope, Not Despair

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    At a May Day celebration ten years ago, a prominent trade union official painted a bleak future for the trade union movement giving those present the impression that our struggle was hopeless. Frustrated at the lack of understanding of how far we had come, I wrote this piece. Although things are more difficult than they…