2nd ITUC World Congress

Trade unions are not alone in trying to find a way out of the crisis and to make sure that what comes after it is very much better than what came before and insures against repetition of the injustices and suffering of the past. But with many of the causes of the crisis firmly rooted in the world of work, and with many of them being global in scale, the international trade union movement faces particular challenges which bring with them both responsibilities and some opportunities.

The ITUC’s conviction is that after decades of injustice it is now the turn of the people – all of them – to enjoy the benefits of globalisation and that the path forward from the crisis must lead directly to global social justice.