In the background of the ensuing 16th Congress of World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and the CITU decision to affiliate to the WFTU, the General Secretary of the WFTU George Mavrikos visited India on 11- 12 March 2011.
On 12th March, he held discussions with the CITU leaders in BT Ranadive Bhawan, the headquarters of CITU and said that the formal affiliation of CITU to WFTU is significant not only for the CITU and WFTU but for the entire working class the world over, particularly in the background of the world economic crisis and the people’s uprisings in West Asia and North America.
A K Padmanabhan, President, Swadesh Dev Roye, Secretary and head of the international Department, Dipankar Mukherjee, Secretary, Ranjana Nirula Treasurer, Amitava Guha and AR Sindhu, working committee members of CITU participated in the discussions.
In the press meeting held at BTR Bhawan in the afternoon, Mavrikos explained the background and developments in West Asia and North America and how the working class movement was being suppressed by the authoritarian rulers there.
Mavrikos, an elected MP of the Communist Party of Greece, in the Greek Parliament, explained the situation in Greece and the adverse circumstances in which the WFTU headquarters was functioning there.
After the press meet, he addressed a meeting attended by a selected audience which included the state leaders of CITU from Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, leaders of All India State Government Employees’ Federation, All India Insurance Employees’ Association, and Bank Employees’ Federation of INdia, at BTR Bhawan.
Courtesy: www.citucentre.org/
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