{"id":327682,"date":"2015-10-27T05:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/trade-unionists-for-universal-brotherhood\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:01:47","slug":"trade-unionists-for-universal-brotherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/trade-unionists-for-universal-brotherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade unionists for universal brotherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sindacalisti<\/a><\/strong>Their \u201cethical statute\u201d defines them as people who are immersed in \u00abthe contradictions and difficulties of the present time, and who take on themselves the burdens and sufferings of the world of work \u2026in the perspective of universal brotherhood.\u00bb In this tension one can see the signs of that essential \u201cnew school of thought\u201d indicated by Pasquale Fores<\/a>i (\u201clife itself makes us comprehend\u201d), co-founder of the Focolare Movement who affirmed: \u00abwork is not only a means of sustainment, but is something inherent to our human nature, and is thus also a means to get to know reality and understand life. \u00bb It was a working method revealed through the experience of the employees of the former CGlobal company of Pisa involved in one of the usual restructuring and delocalization of businesses, and the story of the \u201cbonds of solidarity\u201d trade union fund of Pomigliano d\u2019Arco, Naples, created thanks to the Parish of San Felice in Pincis, to give mutual aid to a community on the verge of collapse due to the lack of jobs caused by the international division of work steered by the multinational corporations. This scenario was completed by the dissertation of Alberto Botto, Secretary General of the trade union Luz y Fuerza<\/em> in Rosario, Argentina<\/a>, on the resistance of the labour unions in a confrontation with the power of military dictatorships and the liberalist privatisation formulas that risked to dissolve their country. \"Dialogo<\/a><\/strong>In the light of the paradigm of \u201cthis economy that kills,<\/strong>\u201d to cite the Pope, precisely those who decided to take action in the trade union out of a \u201cthirst for justice\u201d are experiencing the fragility and limits of their organizational methods compared to the commercialization of all aspects of life. The three days thus aimed to create an \u201cunarmed\u201d zone, where each could express the reasons for his\/her commitment. It was a mutual sharing that highlighted sharing sessions and moments of a challenging dialogue with Maurizio Landini<\/strong> and Marco Bentivogli<\/strong>, national secretaries of two Italian metalworkers\u2019 unions (Fiom Cgil and Fim Cisl), and also with Giorgio Cremaschi<\/strong> of the radical, critical area. The programme included the confrontation with Cecilia Brighi<\/strong> who has worked years in the international employment organization of the trade unions, and with professors, Antonio Maria Baggio, Barbara Sena<\/strong> and Alberto Lo Presti,<\/strong> who presented the actuality of a fundamental text re-edited by Citt\u00e0 Nuova<\/a> (\u201cLabour issues and Christianity,\u201d by Von Ketteler). \"Dialogo<\/a>The working sessions<\/strong> under the guidance of Antonella Galluzzi<\/strong> and Stefano Biondi,<\/strong> \u201cMade in The World\u201d contact persons and followed up by the Focolare Movement\u2019s leaders of cultural dialogue, Caterina Mulatero <\/strong>and Joao Manuel Motta,<\/strong> saw the participation of the president of the Movement, Maria Voce<\/a>, who remarked: \u00abthe truth is that jobs are not lacking. God did not leave us without work; just look around and see the needs and emergencies of civil society! What seems to be lacking is money. Where has it gone? Corruption and thirst for unlimited profits has created a gap between work and money, and its usage.\u00bb<\/em> This is why we have to \u00abtake on the wounds of humanity together\u00bb with our \u201cexpertise\u201d which is \u00ab universal brotherhood, reconciling man with man.\u00bb The participants departed with the great desire to share what they had experienced in order to promote opportunities for dialogue with other trade unions. \u00abWe understood that we are not alone \u2013 one of the Argentinean union members said \u2013 and that it is vital to remain united to give a spirit to the unionist struggle, in order to convey it to everyone.\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The international seminar, \u201cLiberating labour – at the roots of the trade union experience,\u201d was held in Castel Gandolfo from 16 to 18 October, and was promoted by the association, \u201cMade in the World,\u201d the fruit of a decade-long experience of confrontations between people involved in various workers\u2019 organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-categorizzato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}