The sixth meeting of the "International Trade Union Network for
Solidarity and Struggle" was held in Chianciano Terme from November 13
to 16, 2025. The network was founded in March 2013 with the aim of
building a trade union structure that unites the struggles of workers in
today's society and enables them to build a balance of power to fight
against the injustices and discrimination perpetrated to varying degrees
by governments and the capitalist system, in favor of social
emancipation, the right of peoples to self-determination, equality, and
social justice.
Since its inception, five international meetings have been held: March
2013 in Saint-Denis (France), June 2015 in São Paulo (Brazil), January
2018 in Madrid (Spain), April 2022 in Dijon (France), and September 2023
in São Paulo (Brazil).
It currently brings together union delegates from over thirty countries
worldwide. In addition to delegates from the founding grassroots unions
(Spain, France, and Italy), delegates from the network's member unions
also participated in the international meeting in Chianciano: Venezuela,
Central Africa, Palestine, England, Colombia, Ecuador, the United
States, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Ukraine, Pakistan, Poland,
Germany, Senegal, and Argentina.
Unfortunately, Sudan, Togo, Benin, Congo, and South Africa were not
present-in addition to some of the representatives invited to speak from
Senegal and Ecuador-who were denied entry visas to Italy. Among the
diverse grassroots union scene in Italy, representatives from CUB, SIAL
Cobas, Sicobas, COBAS Scuola Sardegna, SGB, USI 1912, ADL Varese, and
ADL also participated in the meeting.
A delegate from each of the participating countries had the opportunity
to describe the current situation facing workers in their respective
sectors and situations: political and social conditions and environments
with varying degrees of difference, yet within this context, they seek
to share forms and content to advance the fight for workers' rights, and
more generally for the improvement of people's lives and against
exploitation in all its forms, sometimes paying the price personally,
with prison sentences or even their own lives.
The work was divided into working groups throughout the days, both by
professional sector and by content and objectives.
The professional sectors that met internationally to analyze sector
issues, potential joint campaigns, projects, and materials to share
were: education, industry, logistics, the postal sector, trade and
services, transportation, health and social services, the public sector,
pensions, culture and entertainment.
Despite language barriers, the professional working groups facilitated
active and concrete discussion of the issues and disputes faced in
various countries, which have many common ground for launching
international campaigns and disputes: wages, exploitation, privatization
of public services, shifting resources toward rearmament and military
spending, and the possibility of creating sectoral coordination bodies,
such as those already in place for Amazon.
The discussion also developed through working groups on thematic areas:
women's rights and the fight against gender oppression, ecology,
climate, environment, migrants, racism and colonialism, repression and
social struggles, and workers' health.
The shared internationalist spirit also placed solidarity with the
struggle of the Palestinian people among the issues supported and shared
by all participants at the Chianciano meeting, as well as solidarity
with trade union struggles in war-torn countries such as Sudan and Ukraine.
In recent years, the Network has grown exponentially, but this is only
the starting point. Many countries and entire categories of workers
still lack representation. The mere fact that the Network exists and is
growing represents a concrete opportunity for many to raise awareness of
what is happening within their own national borders and to receive
support, solidarity, and assistance from unions in other countries
addressing the same issues, albeit to varying degrees.
In today's world and an increasingly globalized economy, the idea behind
internationalism is more relevant and necessary than ever. Trade
unionism promotes working-class unity and combines the defense of
workers' immediate interests against the capitalist mode of production
with the desire for social change, embracing issues such as the right to
healthcare, housing, land, equality, ecology, and anti-racism.
The vision of an international dimension for the working classes, with a
view to their emancipation, inspires the spirit from which the
International Trade Union Network derives, a project that gains greater
strength and importance in an era in which the world of work is
increasingly forced to endure conditions of exploitation.
Paola - Cub Sanità
https://umanitanova.org/incontro-della-rete-sindacale-internazionale-di-solidarieta-e-lotta/
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Solidarity and Struggle" was held in Chianciano Terme from November 13
to 16, 2025. The network was founded in March 2013 with the aim of
building a trade union structure that unites the struggles of workers in
today's society and enables them to build a balance of power to fight
against the injustices and discrimination perpetrated to varying degrees
by governments and the capitalist system, in favor of social
emancipation, the right of peoples to self-determination, equality, and
social justice.
Since its inception, five international meetings have been held: March
2013 in Saint-Denis (France), June 2015 in São Paulo (Brazil), January
2018 in Madrid (Spain), April 2022 in Dijon (France), and September 2023
in São Paulo (Brazil).
It currently brings together union delegates from over thirty countries
worldwide. In addition to delegates from the founding grassroots unions
(Spain, France, and Italy), delegates from the network's member unions
also participated in the international meeting in Chianciano: Venezuela,
Central Africa, Palestine, England, Colombia, Ecuador, the United
States, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Ukraine, Pakistan, Poland,
Germany, Senegal, and Argentina.
Unfortunately, Sudan, Togo, Benin, Congo, and South Africa were not
present-in addition to some of the representatives invited to speak from
Senegal and Ecuador-who were denied entry visas to Italy. Among the
diverse grassroots union scene in Italy, representatives from CUB, SIAL
Cobas, Sicobas, COBAS Scuola Sardegna, SGB, USI 1912, ADL Varese, and
ADL also participated in the meeting.
A delegate from each of the participating countries had the opportunity
to describe the current situation facing workers in their respective
sectors and situations: political and social conditions and environments
with varying degrees of difference, yet within this context, they seek
to share forms and content to advance the fight for workers' rights, and
more generally for the improvement of people's lives and against
exploitation in all its forms, sometimes paying the price personally,
with prison sentences or even their own lives.
The work was divided into working groups throughout the days, both by
professional sector and by content and objectives.
The professional sectors that met internationally to analyze sector
issues, potential joint campaigns, projects, and materials to share
were: education, industry, logistics, the postal sector, trade and
services, transportation, health and social services, the public sector,
pensions, culture and entertainment.
Despite language barriers, the professional working groups facilitated
active and concrete discussion of the issues and disputes faced in
various countries, which have many common ground for launching
international campaigns and disputes: wages, exploitation, privatization
of public services, shifting resources toward rearmament and military
spending, and the possibility of creating sectoral coordination bodies,
such as those already in place for Amazon.
The discussion also developed through working groups on thematic areas:
women's rights and the fight against gender oppression, ecology,
climate, environment, migrants, racism and colonialism, repression and
social struggles, and workers' health.
The shared internationalist spirit also placed solidarity with the
struggle of the Palestinian people among the issues supported and shared
by all participants at the Chianciano meeting, as well as solidarity
with trade union struggles in war-torn countries such as Sudan and Ukraine.
In recent years, the Network has grown exponentially, but this is only
the starting point. Many countries and entire categories of workers
still lack representation. The mere fact that the Network exists and is
growing represents a concrete opportunity for many to raise awareness of
what is happening within their own national borders and to receive
support, solidarity, and assistance from unions in other countries
addressing the same issues, albeit to varying degrees.
In today's world and an increasingly globalized economy, the idea behind
internationalism is more relevant and necessary than ever. Trade
unionism promotes working-class unity and combines the defense of
workers' immediate interests against the capitalist mode of production
with the desire for social change, embracing issues such as the right to
healthcare, housing, land, equality, ecology, and anti-racism.
The vision of an international dimension for the working classes, with a
view to their emancipation, inspires the spirit from which the
International Trade Union Network derives, a project that gains greater
strength and importance in an era in which the world of work is
increasingly forced to endure conditions of exploitation.
Paola - Cub Sanità
https://umanitanova.org/incontro-della-rete-sindacale-internazionale-di-solidarieta-e-lotta/
_________________________________________
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