Rosa Pavanelli’s speech at the 23rd Congress of the UGTT in Tunisia

As the UGTT labour confederation holds its 23rd congress, the second since the fall of the dictatorship, PSI General Secretary Rosa Pavanelli tells the gathering that “in order to ensure the social cohesion and justice necessary to improve the lives of most people in the world, it is essential to fight for tax justice and against the privatization of public services, public-private partnerships and free trade treaties that perpetuate the colonial economy. In brief, it is only the solidarity of workers organized in autonomous, independent and democratic trade unions that can challenge the powerful enemies that want to strip us of our dignity.”