The new Century may also herald a new era for the worker movement - a long phase of development where elusive unity is at last grasped to a far greater degree than ever before.
Signs of change are now evident.
The Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights . This was achieved at a bi-lateral meeting in December 1996. Congress resolved to host the 5 th Conference of this initiative. Deepening International Solidarity From the very early phase of its formation, the worker movement experienced capitalism as a force unconstrained by national boundaries. The need for a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the whole surface of the globe.