[:en]1st May, the International Workers Day, is not just a day to remember the past century\u2019s achievements of the worker\u2019s movement. More than 130 years after the workers\u2019 revolt in Chicago, the realization of labour rights and social justice remains at the heart of our struggle and is a contemporary and urgent concerns.<\/p>\n
The European Treaties adulate the market, austerity and neoliberal policies, breaking down workers\u2019 conquests and attempt to diminish their victories by reducing pay, contributing to deteriorating working conditions, weakening collective bargaining and limiting workers\u2019 and trade union rights. Neoliberal structural and market reforms impose more flexibility in the interest of the employers, less workers\u2019 protection and weakening the trade unions.<\/p>\n
The migrant workers and refugees suffer even more of the negative effects of the neoliberal policies as they are designated as scapegoating. This phenomenon aggravates racism and xenophobia within society which end up pitting the working class against its own.<\/p>\n
We, as progressive and ecological forces from all around Europe, support the struggle of the working people and the unions against the neoliberal attacks, as we strive for a better future for all the world\u2019s people.<\/p>\n
Workers and people need a Europe that abandons the profit-maximizing logic and puts people first. We need to start over on different bases and construct a Europe where solidarity trumps competition, and fundamental social rights trumps economic freedoms. Social dumping must end. Quality employment is necessary, not just minimum standards. Collective bargaining must be promoted and strengthened in order to increase wages and to improve working and living conditions.<\/p>\n
Building a fundamentally different Europe requires that the current austerity policies and military build-up be ended and replaced by an economic policy focusing on public investments for sustainable growth, ecological transition and quality jobs, and by policies supporting peoples\u2019 rights in all aspects of everyday life.<\/p>\n
We will be present at activities and demonstrations on 1st May 2018. And we invite Trade Union representatives to participate actively in the next European Progressive Forum to be held from 9 to 11 November 2018 in Spain[:fr]Le 1er mai, la Journ\u00e9e Internationale des travailleurs\/euses, n\u2019est pas seulement un jour pour se souvenir des accomplissements du mouvement ouvrier du si\u00e8cle dernier. Plus de 130 apr\u00e8s la r\u00e9volte ouvri\u00e8re \u00e0 Chicago, l\u2019application des droits du travail et la justice sociale restent au c\u0153ur de notre bataille et sont des pr\u00e9occupations contemporaines et urgentes.<\/p>\n
Les Trait\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens adulent le march\u00e9, l\u2019aust\u00e9rit\u00e9 et les politiques n\u00e9olib\u00e9rales d\u00e9mant\u00e8lent les conqu\u00eates des travailleurs\/euses et tentent de r\u00e9duire leurs victoires, en diminuant les salaires, en contribuant \u00e0 la d\u00e9t\u00e9rioration des conditions du travail, affaiblissant la n\u00e9gociation collective et limitant les droits syndicaux et des travailleurs\/euses. Des r\u00e9formes structurelles n\u00e9olib\u00e9rales du march\u00e9 du travail imposent plus de flexibilit\u00e9 dans l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat du patronat, moins de protection des travailleurs\/euses et l\u2019affaiblissement des syndicats.<\/p>\n
Les travailleurs\/euses migrant(e)s et les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9(e)s subissent de fa\u00e7on aggrav\u00e9e les effets n\u00e9gatifs des politiques n\u00e9olib\u00e9rales du fait qu\u2019elles\/qu\u2019ils sont d\u00e9sign\u00e9(e)s comme des boucs \u00e9missaires. Ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne accro\u00eet le racisme et la x\u00e9nophobie dans la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et aboutie \u00e0 opposer la classe ouvri\u00e8re entre elle.<\/p>\n
Nous, en tant que forces progressistes et \u00e9cologistes de toute l\u2019Europe, soutenons la lutte des travailleurs\/euses et des syndicats contre les attaques n\u00e9olib\u00e9rales, puisque nous aspirons \u00e0 un avenir meilleur pour tous les peuples du monde.<\/p>\n
Les travailleurs\/euses et les peuples ont besoin d\u2019une Europe qui abandonne la logique de maximisation des profits et qui place les gens au premier plan. Nous devons recommencer sur des bases diff\u00e9rentes et construire une Europe o\u00f9 la solidarit\u00e9 l\u2019emporte sur la concurrence, et o\u00f9 les droits sociaux fondamentaux l\u2019emportent sur les libert\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques. Il doit \u00eatre mis fin au dumping social. Il faut des emplois de qualit\u00e9 et pas seulement des normes minimales. Les n\u00e9gociations sur la convention collective doivent \u00eatre encourag\u00e9es et renforc\u00e9es afin d\u2019augmenter les salaires et d\u2019am\u00e9liorer les conditions de travail et de vie.<\/p>\n
Construire une Europe fondamentalement diff\u00e9rente exige que les politiques d\u2019aust\u00e9rit\u00e9 et de renforcement des capacit\u00e9s militaires actuelles soient abandonn\u00e9es et remplac\u00e9es par une politique \u00e9conomique ax\u00e9e sur des investissements publics pour une croissance durable, une transition \u00e9cologique et des emplois de qualit\u00e9, ainsi que pour des politiques soutenant le droit des peuples dans tous les aspects de la vie quotidienne.<\/p>\n
Nous serons pr\u00e9sents aux activit\u00e9s et manifestations du 1er mai 2018. Et nous invitons les repr\u00e9sentants syndicaux \u00e0 participer activement au prochain Forum Europ\u00e9en progressiste, qui aura lieu du 9 au 11 novembre 2018 en Espagne.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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