Dear Comrade George Perros,
The militant and committed leaders and members of PAME,
Distinguished participants coming from all around the world,

First of all, I would like to greet all of you with my deepest revolutionary feelings. I hope this congress will be  a further step in the struggle of PAME.

Dear comrades,

The 5th Congress of PAME is taking place in a historical period in terms of the class struggles in all over the world.
In this period, the effects of Covid-19 Pandemic, which has deeply influenced the whole world for more than two years, has gradually lessened. This two-year period has resulted in some economic, social and political consequences for the people and working class in every country. According to the officially declared numbers, 6.3 million people died due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and more than half a billion people were infected with the virus.

It has been the workers, laborers and the poor peoples of the world who have been most influenced by this period.
At the same time, the international Finance-Capitalists, multinationals and drug monopolies have increased their fortunes more and more in this period. The distribution of income and wealth has become even more inequitable.

Dear Comrades,
The imperialism, which is the highest stage and rotten form of capitalism, is taking a more aggressive stance against the working class, against the peoples of the world and the whole humanity. This period has once again revealed the fact that imperialism and capitalism have nothing to give the humanity other than death, hunger, poverty and unemployment. It has once again been clear during this period that it’s the workers, laborers and working class who ensure the continuation of the social life. This period has also proved the importance of public healthcare systems in all over the world.
Another important issue revealed by the same period is the treachery of yellow unionism.

Dear Comrades,
The counterrevolutionary front led by the US, which was defined by Ernesto Che Guevara as the archenemy of the humanity; continue to implement all kind of economic and military policies so that they can dominate the working class and the peoples of the world. These forces that also include the European Union and many other economic, military and espionage organizations are using their instruments like NATO, CIA, IMF, World Bank etc. in order to reach their goals.

For their dirty interests, for dominating the oil and other energy resources, they waged a lot of wars in the Middle East and Islamic Regions causing millions of deaths as well as paving the way for millions of innocent people  to become refugees.

They also prevent the peoples from deciding their own future by means of NATO in collaboration with the fascist forces as we witness in Ukraine today.
For many years, they have also been imposing economic and political sanctions and blockades against such
countries as Cuba, Venezuela and many others in Latin America, which are trying to implement their own independent policies. We see the same economic and political sanctions against Iran.
Today, Palestinian People are continuing their historical resistance against the occupying and massacrist policies of Zionist Israel which has no legitimacy and which is a guard dog safeguarding the oil and energy sources in the region on behalf of the US. At the same time, we witness the decisive resistance of Syrian People against the imperialist conspiracies.

Dear Comrades,
Coronavirus pandemic period has also resulted in some economic changes. In this period, online purchasing has increased exponentially. International monopolies have dominated the market in this sector. At the same time, teleworking has become a permanent type of employment. The capitalist class is making use of teleworking so that they can reduce the cost of labor force and increase their profits. Teleworking is an employment type that harms the collective and organized struggle of the working class. For this reason, struggling against this employment type should be on the agenda of World Class Oriented Union Movement.

Today, with the increasing of online purchasing, more and more people are working as self-employed couriers. This is also an employment type which is completely flexible, unlawful and against the current labor legislation. It’s also very important to put this employment type on our struggle agenda.

Dear Comrades,
I’d like to underline that the struggle of PAME is important not only for the working class of Greece but also for the international working class. PAME has made a great contribution for the strengthening of the World Federation of Trade Unions which is the class oriented organization of the working class in all over the world. Due to the nonstop contribution of PAME, the WFTU has become a more combative and organized structure in recent years.

As we all know, the struggle of working class has an international character. PAME has been showing the best examples of international solidarity among the workers in all over the world. The struggle of PAME also has a specific importance for the struggle of the working class in Turkey. It’s clear that the imperialist forces have been trying to hostilize the working peoples of Greece and Turkey against each other for many years by means of their instruments NATO and CIA. For this reason, it’s very important to develop the mutual solidarity between the working peoples of Greece and Turkey. The common struggle against the hostile imperialist policies will also strengthen the brotherhood of the peoples.

With this point of view, both Nakliyat-İş Union and PAME organized very important solidarity actions in  Turkey and Greece. The struggles of e-food and Yemeksepeti companies, both of which are subsidiaries of German-based Delivery Hero, became a common working class struggle. Comrades from PAME showed their concrete support with the working class of Turkey as they did the same thing for the working classes in other countries. PAME also organized some demonstrations in solidarity with Real Market workers and the workers in metal sector.

Likewise, we organized some actions in solidarity with the working class of Greece and its militant organization PAME. Demonstrations in solidarity with Cosco Dockworkers and the workers employed by Rivulus Eurodrip Company can be mentioned as examples. By means of these solidarity actions, working classes of both Greece and Turkey gained some achievements.

To conclude, I believe that PAME will succeed all the tasks to be put forward during the 5th Congress. I wish great success to the comrades from PAME in their new period.

Long live the unity of working class!
Long live the brotherhood of peoples!
Long live the international solidarity of working class!
Long live proletarian internationalism!
Long live PAME!

Thanks for listening to me.

Dear comrades:-

Allow me to convey to you the greetings of the workers and people of Palestine, and to thank you for inviting me To attend this conference of yours, wishing you success, in the hope that this conference will play an active role in supporting the Palestinian right to establish the state of Palestine with its capital in Jerusalem, and the ongoing struggle to unify the international trade union position towards the cause of my people and translate this position into solidarity activities that express the true solidarity of the union movement global labor

My comrades:-

We meet in light of the challenges of the global capitalist crisis that casts a shadow over the peoples of the region, which led to a state of deep economic stagnation in a large number of countries, which resulted in the spread of poverty, the reduction of wages and the rise in food prices until the workers became unable to purchase the products they produced themselves. Unemployment aggravated and taxes were imposed. Privatization of public institutions and the intensity of imperialist competition intensified with force and cruelty with the aim of control over the resources and wealth of peoples, especially in the Arab region, where imperialism and Zionism made all their efforts and skills to build alliances and implement their plans and conspiracies in sowing the seeds of discord, division, hatred and starting  wars to impede the unity of peoples and prevent their progress and awakening, divide their land and kill his sons, and to tighten absolute control over his resources and wealth, and to seize and exploit them.

This year, as last year, and because of the “Corona” virus, the pandemic that swept the world led to decades back in the fight against poverty, and extreme poverty in the world, that many facilities were closed, many workers in the world were abandoned, and unemployment rose, which led to High rates of poverty globally, and in Palestine in particular.

In light of these complex circumstances and variables, and the intensification of the conflict between the countries of the world to resolve the form of the unipolar world system that is controlled by (American capitalism), which has globalized the world with its capitalist economy; Therefore, the struggle of the working class must continue and the march of their struggle to build a labor movement capable of changing the client regimes of capitalism that dominates the capabilities of workers and works to modify them according to the foundations of production and industry.

Hence the importance of struggle and building non-politicized labor  unions that impose their control over the levels of power to change legislation in a manner that serves the interests of the working class and the toilers in accordance with national principles and foundations, and adherence to the workers’ goals in combating all forms of exploitation..and slavery..andinjustice..and the oppression practiced by capitalist imperialism against them.

Accordingly,

Unleashing the barbarism of the war in Ukraine means that the whole world has become vulnerable to its collateral “damage”, especially the exacerbation of global poverty, and through the increasing attacks on the standard of living of the working class: the worsening  of exploitation, rising prices and rising unemployment. In addition to the risks of possible Russian nuclear strikes and the leakage of radioactive gases from Ukrainian nuclear power plants damaged by the fighting, there are measures that many countries have taken or intend to take to bring the Russian economy to its knees, which may expose the entire world economy to instability. Moreover, with the recent tragic escalation of the war, the strong tendency to increase military spending (for example, Germany decided to double its military spending recently) will constitute an additional factor in weakening the economies of the countries participating in these policies.

Towards a new global economic stagnation and renewed warsThe effects of economic sanctions against Russia will lead to a shortage of raw materials in many European countries and the loss of the Russian market for some of them. The prices of raw materials will continue to rise for a long time, and therefore the prices of many goods will rise with it. The stagnation will strike the whole world and will bring with it the aggravation of poverty and the exploitation of the working class. There are no exaggerations in these predictions, this was demonstrated by the statements of German experts who were trying to reassure “well-watched public opinion” and worry about what the future might hold while at the same time defending the interests of the middle class. 

The Israeli settlers and investors are relatively modern capitalist  in industrial and agricultural areas who are dependent on Palestinian labour and whose projects  were established on the lands of Palestinian citizens, and in which employers practice oppression and exploitation in the worst form against Palestinian workers. The terms and contracts of work are harsh and unjust, and the employers refuse to equate the Palestinian worker with the Israeli one. Indeed, for many years they have been applying the Jordanian Labor Law, to the Palestinian worker working in these projects which was in force until 1967,     Only a few years ago, and after a 14-year legal battle in the Israeli courts, the Israeli Supreme Court recognized the applicability of the Israeli labor law to Palestinian workers and workers in these projects, including social rights, minimum wages, annual holiday entitlements, sick leave, holidays, retirement allowances, and the right to organize. Despite this, not much has changed on the conditions of these workers, who accept little in order to preserve the workplace and source of income in the face of intense competition in the labor market due to the high rates of unemployment in the Palestinian labor market.

my dear comrades

The militant determination of the WFTU, with its positions and initiatives, earns it the respect of the working class every day, and the joining of dozens of new members from active unions and major weighty unions, which increased its strength and prestige on the international scene and gave it the ability to establish a strong global trade union movement that meets contemporary needs and struggles for workers’ rights and humanity fair social system.

We are proud of the path of the World Federation of Trade Unions since its founding on October 3, 1945, which was a mature development of the global trade union movement for cooperation and joint struggle to improve the living conditions of workers, combat exploitation, stand in solidarity with the peoples who struggle for freedom, protect their sovereignty, get rid of foreign domination, and preserve their independence and natural wealth. . During these years, its positions were clear on the side of  it’s peoples and issues, and it initiated many distinguished and different activities and solidarity stands alongside the Palestinian cause all over the world, and achieved many international solidarity meetings and visits in occupied Palestine.

My dearest friends, 

Finally, from the bottom of our hearts, we wish you and your peoples progress, prosperity and security, and your conference  success, and its courageous, wise patriotic leadership, further progress in its sincere and noble goals. We are confident that all your efforts and decisions will be in the interest of your peoples and the working c

‎‏ We highly appreciate the support of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and many international and regional union organizations affiliated with its framework in support of the Palestinian cause

My dearest of comrades 

We renew our thanks to you for the invitation and we wish this meeting success and hope that it will be one of the building blocks of the continuous struggle to support the Palestinian cause.

All the love to you.

Long live the struggles of the peoples for liberation from the bondage of colonialism

Long live the struggles of the workers against capitalist exploitation

lass. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Bami Union for inviting us