REPORT BY NATIONAL SECRETARY FRED KRAUSERT      ON

THE ILWU ANNUAL PACIFIC COASTPENSIONERS ASSOCIATION  CONVENTION VANCOUVER BRITSH COLUMBIA

SEPTEMBER 15—17th

INTERNATIONAL UNITY



Report from Vancouver ILWU Pensioners Conference and an overview of Social welfare System in Four Major U.S.

Cities.

Comrades, Brothers, Sisters and Friends

THE PENSIONERS AND RETIREES PARTICIPATE AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE STRUGGLES OF THE WFTU

Comrades.

I speak on behalf of the new TUI (Trade Union International) of the WFTU. I mean that was created in Barcelona last February with the presence of some 100 union Pensioners and Retirees (P&R) from dozens of countries on five continents.

CCOO IS NO LONGER A CLASS- CONSCIOUS TRADE UNION

For many readers, this statement may seem a very strong one, but it is also unfortunately so true that it is already difficult that this trade union could recover its former condition. Let’s not go into when CCOO ceased to be a class-conscious organization; let’s just remember that this trade union, founded 50 years ago, does no longer comply with the “necessary requirements for a class-conscious trade union” which were stated in its foundational documents.

DEMONSTRATION BY BSNL PENSIONERS AT ALUVA, KERALA, INDIA

DEMONSTRATION BY BSNL PENSIONERS AT ERNAKULAM, KERALA, INDIA

HUGE DEMOSNTRATION ATHENS