Notes from Mr. Larry Cohen, President, Organising Committee of AFL-CIO, USA

While both are important we need to distinguish between internal organizing or recruitment
and campaigns to build a union and win recognition where employers can resist. There is no
need for ITUC to focus on recruitment. National labor centers, global unions and unions
themselves can handle recruitment with the right resources.

The ITUC needs to primarily focus on situations where employers or governments resist union
recognition and collective bargaining rights for workers, particularly governments and large multinational
corporations...

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