The European Trade Union Confederation - ETUC’s call for work stoppages at midday on Friday the 14th of March in order to emphasise its opposition to the war in Iraq can rely on broad support from the European Trade Union movement. According to initial reports received by the ETUC’s Secretariat, strong mobilisation will take place in Germany, Austria, Greece, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and in the Czech Republic. The “Union Syndicale” and other trade unions which organise the Civil Servants of the European Institutions’ have also decided to join the ETUC’s action. An ETUC delegation will be received on Friday by the Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.
Ø Ø Full Declaration
Iraq
Disarm through peaceful means, not war – ETUC says
Brussels, 10/03/2003
The ETUC Executive Committee believes that the rush to war in Iraq is not justified and that the legitimate goal of the international community to disarm the Saddam Hussein regime can be effectively persued by other means and in the framework of the United Nations.
The UN inspections are delivering the first concrete results and therefore they must be allowed the resources and the time necessary to bring about the total elimination of the arms of mass destruction detained by Iraq.
To this end, and in compliance with the UN Resolutions, Iraq must provide prompt and unrestricted cooperation with the inspections.
The European Union and Governments need to act together under the conviction so largely shared by European citizens that war is not inevitable and that all possible attempts must be made to spare the human suffering and the devastation which it fately entails, including its negative consequences on the economy, the last thing Europe needs at this point in time.
To convey this message, the Executive Committee calls on all ETUC affiliates to organise work stoppages on Friday 14 March at noon as well as to take part in the mass demonstrations planned all over Europe on March 15. In the case of the outbreak of war, they will immediately reconvene to decide upon further actions.
Ø Ø 14th March member organisations’ actions
14 MARCH 2003WORK STOPPAGESFROM VARIOUS MEMBER ORGANISATIONS
Austria Ø
http://www.etuc.org/en/index.cfm?target=/EN/Press/releases/other/ÖGB.cfm
Belgium Ø
http://www.fgtb.be/code/fr/C04_0000.HTM
http://www.etuc.org/EN/Press/releases/other/Appel%20du%20140303-CSCFGTBCGSLB.pdf
Czech Republic Ø
http://www.cmkos.cz/aktualne.php?action=detail&id=53
Denmark Ø
http://www.lo.dk/smcms/Nyheder/LO_nyheder/4059/Index.htm?ID=4059
France Ø
http://www.cftc.fr/547/602/604/780/1076/3080.asp http://www.cgt.fr/03actual/actupg/france/2003/03/actu1.htm http://www.force-ouvriere.fr/rec/index2.asp?p1=c&p2=IRAK# http://www.cfdt.fr/actu/presse/comm/comm277.htm http://www.unsa.org/communiques/cp-2003-016b.html
Greece Ø http://www.etuc.org/EN/Press/releases/other/14march2.pdf
Germany Ø http://www.dgb.de/presse/pressemeldungen/pmdb/pressemeldung_single?pmid=2004
Italy Ø
http://www.cgil.it/ufficiostampa/UfSta/notizia.asp?uid=2416 http://docs.cisl.it/news/#21758289
Luxemburg Ø
http://www.etuc.org/en/index.cfm?target=/EN/Press/releases/other/Presse%20GR14-3-03.cfm
Norway Ø
http://www.ys.no/main.html
http://www.lo.org/kunder/lo/db00077.nsf/($All)/B4F8D8BF22C1863EC1256CE5004257F4?
Portugal Ø http://www.cgtp.pt/actualidade/noticias/030314contraguerra.htm
Spain Ø
http://www.ccoo.es/fichanota.asp?fichero=2003030700.docu http://www.ugt.es/internacional/noguerra/marzo2003.htm
Switzerland Ø
http://www.sgb.ch/fr/f-download/06lussap.doc
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC):
http://www.etuc.org
Ø Ø Full Declaration
Iraq
Disarm through peaceful means, not war – ETUC says
Brussels, 10/03/2003
The ETUC Executive Committee believes that the rush to war in Iraq is not justified and that the legitimate goal of the international community to disarm the Saddam Hussein regime can be effectively persued by other means and in the framework of the United Nations.
The UN inspections are delivering the first concrete results and therefore they must be allowed the resources and the time necessary to bring about the total elimination of the arms of mass destruction detained by Iraq.
To this end, and in compliance with the UN Resolutions, Iraq must provide prompt and unrestricted cooperation with the inspections.
The European Union and Governments need to act together under the conviction so largely shared by European citizens that war is not inevitable and that all possible attempts must be made to spare the human suffering and the devastation which it fately entails, including its negative consequences on the economy, the last thing Europe needs at this point in time.
To convey this message, the Executive Committee calls on all ETUC affiliates to organise work stoppages on Friday 14 March at noon as well as to take part in the mass demonstrations planned all over Europe on March 15. In the case of the outbreak of war, they will immediately reconvene to decide upon further actions.
Ø Ø 14th March member organisations’ actions
14 MARCH 2003WORK STOPPAGESFROM VARIOUS MEMBER ORGANISATIONS
Austria Ø
http://www.etuc.org/en/index.cfm?target=/EN/Press/releases/other/ÖGB.cfm
Belgium Ø
http://www.fgtb.be/code/fr/C04_0000.HTM
http://www.etuc.org/EN/Press/releases/other/Appel%20du%20140303-CSCFGTBCGSLB.pdf
Czech Republic Ø
http://www.cmkos.cz/aktualne.php?action=detail&id=53
Denmark Ø
http://www.lo.dk/smcms/Nyheder/LO_nyheder/4059/Index.htm?ID=4059
France Ø
http://www.cftc.fr/547/602/604/780/1076/3080.asp http://www.cgt.fr/03actual/actupg/france/2003/03/actu1.htm http://www.force-ouvriere.fr/rec/index2.asp?p1=c&p2=IRAK# http://www.cfdt.fr/actu/presse/comm/comm277.htm http://www.unsa.org/communiques/cp-2003-016b.html
Greece Ø http://www.etuc.org/EN/Press/releases/other/14march2.pdf
Germany Ø http://www.dgb.de/presse/pressemeldungen/pmdb/pressemeldung_single?pmid=2004
Italy Ø
http://www.cgil.it/ufficiostampa/UfSta/notizia.asp?uid=2416 http://docs.cisl.it/news/#21758289
Luxemburg Ø
http://www.etuc.org/en/index.cfm?target=/EN/Press/releases/other/Presse%20GR14-3-03.cfm
Norway Ø
http://www.ys.no/main.html
http://www.lo.org/kunder/lo/db00077.nsf/($All)/B4F8D8BF22C1863EC1256CE5004257F4?
Portugal Ø http://www.cgtp.pt/actualidade/noticias/030314contraguerra.htm
Spain Ø
http://www.ccoo.es/fichanota.asp?fichero=2003030700.docu http://www.ugt.es/internacional/noguerra/marzo2003.htm
Switzerland Ø
http://www.sgb.ch/fr/f-download/06lussap.doc
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC):
http://www.etuc.org