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Monday, February 07, 2011
AFL-CIO's Trumka Backs New Anti Mubarak EgyptianLabor Federation
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka is backing
the Egyptian revolution.
F r o m t h e Communist Party USA' s Peoples
World.
Egyptian workers...have broken away to form
their own independent unions and federation
and j o i n t he popu la r p r o tes t s aga ins t
President Hosni Mubarak's dictatorial rule.
In a Jan. 30 declaration the new Egyptian Federation of Independent Unions said
its demands include the right to organ ize and the right to work at a d ecent
minimum wage, rather than be unemployed.
Like the other protesters, the new federation also demands Mubarak quit. The
federation then called a general strike to back its demands.
The new federation, unveiled at a press conference in the jammed central Tahrir
Square in Cairo, includes the Real Estate Tax Authority (RETA) workers, the
Ret i red Workers Union, the Heal th Professionals Union, the Teachers
Independent Union and several other independent unions.
The workers' movement drew support from both AFL-CIO President RichardTrumka and the International Trades Union Congress. Trumka said the new
confederation's role in the protests "inspires us and will not be forgotten..."
Trumka wrote to RETA President Kamal Abu Eita and to Kamal Abbas, director
of the Independent Egyptian labor group, the Center for Trade Union Worker
Services, that their "organizations symbolize the strrength and courage of
Egyptian workers and their families who have been standing up to repression for
many years."
"We salute you in this brave endeavor" of forming the new labor federation "and
join the international labor movement in standing with you," Trumka added. "The
peoples' movement for democracy in Egypt and the role unions are playing for
freedom and worker rights inspires us and will not be forgotten," he concluded.
Who will Trumka blame when American workers pay double to fill their gas tanks?
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Anonymous said...
I am a little unnerved at the willingness of the openly Marxist/Socialist/Communist to come
out of the closet. Their ranks and power have been growing and no doubt getting Obama
elected was a big boost to their goals. But in the past they have operated in the shadows
and denied thier heritage in pub lic. So what has changed? I believe that they are confident
they cannot be stopped. Success after success recently and an openly Marxist president
have convinced them they cannot be stopped. What do they know that we don't? What are
their plans?
6:21 AM
Anonymous said...
well look at egypt and see what they have planned for here!
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