The  Trade Union International of Public and Allied Employees
Autor: UIS Servicios Públicos (FSM) | Publicado: 2011-12-09T15:28:00-08:00






&nbsp;The World Federation
of trade Unions (FSM) was constituted in the congress realized in Paris, on October 3rd
1945. The 2nd Worldwide congress of FSM, which determined the
different working modalities of the TUIs, was realized in 1949, in Milan
(Italy).
Some time ago, the TUIs were converted in international organizations, with
their own characteristics of working action, strengthening unity and solidarity
among trade unions organizations integrating each TUI, combined with the FSM.

Among the most
important were created the TUI Metals, the TUI Building,
the TUI Energy, the TUI Transportation, the TUI Agriculture – Agrofeeding, FISE
and others.

Taking in consideration the
importance of the Public Services Employees Trade Unions, the FSM decide for
the constitution of the TUI-Public Services, founded on October 27th/29th,
1955, in
Berlin (Germany) (ex-Germany Democratic
Republic -RDA). Its first name was TUI – Mail, Telegraph, Phone and Radio
Employees.

The actual name of TUI
Public Services was adopted during the Congress realized in Vienna
(Austria),
in 1955.

Since its foundation,
the TUI Public Services realized several fighting actions in defense of the
workers and public services workers rights in face of aggressive imperialist
policies against people and workers, as well as the fight for the peace among
the nations.

With the objective of
strengthening the fighting actions of the TUIs, important congresses were
realized, such as the ones of 1968,
 in Moscow (former Soviet Union); 1972 in Varsovia (Poland); 1977 in Prague
(Czechoslovakia – today Czech Republic); 1982 in Sophia (Bulgaria); 1988, in Berlin (Germany);
1992 and 1998 in
Calcutta (India); 2006 in
Jonesburg (South Africa). Since 1996 the TUI Public Services Headquarters is at
Calcutta India.

&nbsp;The TUI Public
Services is part of the structure of Word Federation of Trade Unions (FSM) and
acts under its policies and coordination. That means it acts according to
classbased principles.



&nbsp;The TUI, during its
journey faced steps of great advancements, but also had to face hard stages,
mainly when the socialist countries of European East disappeared. The
neoliberal policies got more aggressive, hitting seriously the trade unions to
annul the most important rights and achievements of public services and other
areas. The FSM suffered consequences and in the same way as the other TUIs.&nbsp;


However, in the
congress realized in Calcutta India, TUI Public Services knew how
to recover strength and assume the challenges of that hard step, decided to
reaffirm the fight against the dictatorship of the neoliberal policies, for the
defense of the worker class of public services sector and for strengthening
class conscience and solidarity among workers of the world. This way, the
contribution of Indian Trade Union of Public Services was very important.

For these
considerations and to analyze the worldwide situation of public sector, as well
as the alternative fights of the workers class, we convoke the great affiliated
and fraternal organizations to participate in this great congress.