[PEN-L:4659] Appeal by FITUR (fwd)

[D Shniad <shniad@xxxxxx>]

> This appeal was sent out by the Federation of Independent Trade Unions
> of Russia, FITUR, on 29 March 1995.
>
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>
>                                    To National Trade Union Centres,
>                                    World and Regional International
>                                    Trade Union Organisations
>
>
> Dear Colleagues!
>
> You may surely recall, that on the 27th of October last year a
> National Trade Union Action of Protest against the worsening social
> and economic conditions of the working people was held in Russia. On
> that day, over 8 million workers through the entire Russian territory
> took part in rallies, marches, pickets and other forms of trade union
> activities, demanding that the Government should insure payments of
> indebtedness in wages and practical measures to be taken to prevent
> mass unemployment. Those actions were widely supported by trade unions
> abroad, world and regional trade union organisations.
>
> Unfortunately and despite the multitude of proposals and attempts made
> by the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FITUR) in
> order to achieve solutions of these problems through a constructive
> dialogue with the Government, the situation has not only failed to
> improve, but rather got markedly worse. Wages and salaries
> indebtedness has continued to increase, the threat of unemployment has
> turned into reality.
>
> In this connection, the Executive Committee of the General Council of
> the FITUR, having supported the initiative by the Association of Trade
> Unions of Employees in Defence Industries, decided on the holding of
> the Day United Collective Actions by trade unions of Russia in defence
> of the lawful workers' demands. This Day of Actions is aimed at the
> mobilisation of trade union organizations, working people of Russia
> for a resolute protection of their social-economical demands; it is
> meant to show, that they are not going to make peace with any
> humiliation of the rights and dignity of work people.
>
> Aware of the adherence of your Organization to the principles of
> active struggles for the working people's interests the world over,
> the FITUR believe, that this Day of Actions, foregoing the First of
> May as the Day of International Solidarity of the Working People, will
> find support within the World Trade Union Movement.
>
> We shall appreciate any expression of your attitude towards the
> demands of the Russian Trade Union Movement and the situation, in
> which millions of workers of our country have found themselves to-day.
> We shall be glad, if your message of solidarity could be received by
> us on the eve of the 12th of April, so that we could inform
> participants of the Day's actions about it.
>
> With Trade Union greetings,
>
>                               Federation of Independent
>                               Trade Unions of Russia
>
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> Sorry for possible cross-postings.
>
> Messages of support can be sent to:
> Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia
> 42 Leninsky Prospekt
> 117119 Moscow Russia
>
> Fax: +7 (095) 938 2293
>
> or
>
> by e-mail, via the sender of the current message:
> Vassily Balog <vbalog@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>