Theme: " Further unite
and advance militant unionism against
imperialism"
Support
the Formation of the International League of Struggle for Liberation
WORKERS and other oppressed peoples conduct struggles against the
effects and origins of the same imperialist world system all over the
world. On the one hand,
there is the profit-oriented and inhuman policy of the multinational
companies, of their governments and international instruments like the
IMF, WTO and World Bank. On
the other hand, there is growing worldwide resistance.
With the intensified imperialist attacks, there is an urgent need
for greater cooperation and coordination of the forces opposed to
imperialism. Such a League
of Struggle should be a kind of umbrella-organisation, having a
coordinating function for the cooperation of various activities and on
broad political basis. It shall be a form of broad unification of the forces of:
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the militant union, women, youth and peasant movement; the
environmental, peace and international solidarity movement; movement
against fascist and military terror;
revolutionary movements for national and social liberation.
Such a League of Struggle can only emerge from practice. Therefore, a democratic processs of discussion shall be
introduced that involves all the significant forces and movements.
Also the "Anti-imperialist Trade Union Forum" can be a
part of such an International League of Struggle for Liberation.
KMU is given the task
of coordinating in the beginning for building the League in the
Asia-Pacific.
The 15th KMU ISA welcomes the idea and declares to be
willing to support the formation of such an organization.
Approved by the
delegates of Trade Unions and Mass Organizations at the 1998 15th International Solidarity Affair (ISA)
Nina Churchward,
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU)
Matthew Hudson, Steward,
Construction, Forestry, Mining
and Energy Union (CFMEU)
John Loh, Organizer,
CFMEU
Michael Montebello,
Organizer, Electrical Trades Union
Peter Murphy, MEAA,
Member, PAUL Secretary
Tony Riha, Shop Steward,
Electrical Trades Union
Jason Rowe, Shop
Steward, AMWU Vehicle Division
Eric Thomson, Assistant
Federal Secretary, MEAA
Brian Whelan, Member,
Management Committee, CEPU
Khan
Rano,
Vice-President, National Workers Federation, Bangladesh
Roger Camps, Country
Representative, Belgian Solidarity Groups
Ana Cagas, SIKLAB,
Vancouver, Canada
Maita Santiago,
Organizer, Philippine Women Centre of British Columbia
Jean-Pierre Page, Head,
International Department, CGT France
Roland Meister,
Arbeiterbildungszentrum
R. Govindaraja, Joint
Secretary, All India Insurance Employees' Association (AIIEA)
P. Sadasivan Pillai,
Joint Secretary, BEFI, India
M. Srirangan, President,
Salem District.unil (Temilnada), CITU
Durgempudi Venkata,
General Secretary, Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU)
Alexander Supartono, YMB,
Indonesia
Enatsu Goro,
International Department, Allied Labor Unions of Independence
Akijumi Kio, Director,
Kyoto President Drugstore Owners' Association, Tokyo
Kenji Iemoto, Manual
Worker's Branch, Suita City Employees' Union, Japan Federation of
Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union -Zenroren, Japan
Bunyu Matsuda, Workers'
Bulletin, Japan
Yoshie Mochizuki, Japan
Nakaoka Motoaki,
Chairperson, National Union of General Workers (NUGW)
Koichi Ochiai, Iwakuni
Branch, Toyobo Workers' Union, Japanese Federation of Textile, Garment,
Chemical, Mercantile and Allied Industry Workers Union - Rengo
Tito Pesta, Executive
Council, Kaisahan ng Migranteng Pilipino sa Japan (KAMPI)
Nestor Puno,
Chairperson, KAMPI, Japan
Yasuhiro Tomizawa, Japan
Madhav Neupane,
Chairperson, Nepal Independent Hotel Workers Union
Jong Soae Oh, Chairman,
Employment Security Taskforce, Korean Metal Workers' Federation (KMWF),
Ulsan Regional Council, South Korea
Wang Wu-Lang, Labor
Rights Association
Alfredo Datangel,
Director of Organization, American Postal Workers' Union,
USA
plus more than 20 KMU delegates
( Nota Bene: The founding of
the International League of Peoples' Struggle is in line with this
resolution. Crispin Beltran, chairman of the Kilusang Mayo Uno and
the KMU International Solidarity Affair, is a member of the
International Initiative Committee.)
