Dear workers, brothers and sisters,
Dear workers who met with the WFTU and raised our workers flags in the recent May Day mobilizations,
Dear workers who count your victims every day due to the pandemic and the indifference of capitalist governments,
The WFTU, on behalf of its 105 million affiliates in 133 countries around the planet, addresses each of you, calling on you to IMMEDIATELY express your internationalist solidarity with the people and working class of Colombia.
The Colombian people have been in mobilizations since April 28, against the tax reform project enacted by the anti-people government of I. Duque in Colombia. The country’s working class, under pressure from workers’ protests, forced the government to withdraw the bill, which was already being debated in Parliament. This maneuver of the government does not convince any worker; nevertheless it constitutes a victory that shows that class struggles bring results.
The government has unleashed a ruthless repression, since so far, according to official data, there are reports of 27 dead, more than 800 people injured and 431 detained. The Colombian people need our immediate solidarity.
We call on each class-oriented militant to express his/her internationalist solidarity as briefly as possible, with protests outside the Colombian embassies around the world, waving the flags of the WFTU and his/her union organization with the slogan:
NO MORE MASSACRE OF COLOMBIAN WORKERS
SATISFACTION OF THE JUST CLAIMS OF THE WORKING CLASS IN COLOMBIA
Please send your correspondence, photos and actions urgently.
The WFTU Secretariat