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18 March, 2001The IMF says it is urgent for the global labour movement to take a united approach in order to effectively oppose the ill effects of globalisation on its members.
GLOBAL: The time has come for global unions to take a leading role in the debate on globalisation, says the IMF general secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, in his just-published opinion column.
The debate which took place at the World Economic Forum in Davos and in Porto Alegre at the World Social Forum has not focused on labour issues but on aspects which are not central to our trade union activities. In Davos, on the contrary, organisers of the WEF seem to want to divert the debate towards objectives which are the opposite to those of the trade unions, and although the initiative in Porto Alegre is important, it only partially addressed the agenda and objectives set out by the global labour movement.
The time has come, writes the IMF general secretary, for global unions to take the lead not only in theory but also through actions, to most effectively oppose the ill effects of globalisation on their members. The presence of some global unions at the World Economic Forum in Davos, however, indicates that within the global union movement there are differing views on how to achieve the objectives.
As it is imperative to deal with such divisions, the IMF has called for an urgent meeting of the global labour movement to debate and discuss these matters.
Read the entire opinion on the associated link and join a debate on this issue.
The debate which took place at the World Economic Forum in Davos and in Porto Alegre at the World Social Forum has not focused on labour issues but on aspects which are not central to our trade union activities. In Davos, on the contrary, organisers of the WEF seem to want to divert the debate towards objectives which are the opposite to those of the trade unions, and although the initiative in Porto Alegre is important, it only partially addressed the agenda and objectives set out by the global labour movement.
The time has come, writes the IMF general secretary, for global unions to take the lead not only in theory but also through actions, to most effectively oppose the ill effects of globalisation on their members. The presence of some global unions at the World Economic Forum in Davos, however, indicates that within the global union movement there are differing views on how to achieve the objectives.
As it is imperative to deal with such divisions, the IMF has called for an urgent meeting of the global labour movement to debate and discuss these matters.
Read the entire opinion on the associated link and join a debate on this issue.