Executive Committee meeting of the TUI (TPFC) held online yesterday.

The Executive Committee meeting of the Trade Union International (Transports, Ports, Fisheries and Communications) was held online yesterday the 25.03.2021. Com.Ricardo, President (Chile), presided over the meeting. Com.Matthiew (France), conducted the proceedings. Com.Ali Riza Kucukosmanoglu, General Secretary (Turkey), welcomed every one and briefed on the activities of the Head Quarters. Totally, 14 office bearers participated in this meeting from the various parts of the world. In depth discussions were made by the Executive Committee members on the COVID-19 pandemic situation, loss of jobs due to the pandemic, attacks on the public sector and on the trade union rights, taking place in various countries, etc., were discussed. Com.P.Abhimanyu, Convenor, Communications Sector of the TUI, participated in the discussion and explained about the attacks on the public sector, curtailment of trade union rights, general strike held on 26.11.2020 and the on going farmers’ agitation. After detailed discussion, the meeting took the following decisions.

1. To effectively implement the WFTU campaign for the release of Palestinian children from Israeli jails.
2. To effectively observe the 75^th anniversary of the foundation of WFTU.
3. To celebrate May Day-2021.