A-Infos (en) France, Alternative Libertair #219 - South PTT: Post and Telecom (fr) [machine translation]××

In May, the Federal Congress of South PTT has given rise to a number of tensions. At the 
end of June, the crisis was still unresolved. ---- The IXth Congress of South PTT was held 
from May 7 to 11 in Frejus. This conference was attended by more than 400 militants and 
dozens of guests. The conference was organized between policy report, general resolution, 
postal activities, telecommunication activities, structuring and functioning of the 
federation. The novelty of this conference was to introduce a resolution entitled "Our 
unionism" which was an update on the South unionism in the labor field. ---- Percent 
Unions ---- Unfortunately, the discussions were mainly focused on the structure-function 
resolution that pointed high stakes: the independence of the two sectors - postal 
activities and telecommunication activities - and the establishment of effective 
coordination of members.

The conclusion is: the cross has been the poor relation of the proceedings of this 
conference. While some unions have raised the total absence of inter-resolution and 
therefore investment in Solidarity, the general resolution was, moreover, "shunned" by the 
departmental unions, since nearly 100 unions, only five interventions were place that link 
international guidelines and national weakness that was already revealed in the national 
meetings before the conference.

However, the presence of international guests [1] was mainly African highlight the links 
that are created international perspective among unions.

Resolutions sector, meanwhile, have not been particularly highlighted real differences, 
apart from the question of the establishment of a debate on the representative 
institutions (PIT) law rejected at La Poste by the participants.

For warrants

Structuring and functioning of trade unions have always been clivants points in the union. 
The Congress of South PTT has not escaped these questions. This led to a clash between the 
text presented by the federal office and part of unions and members attending the 
Congress. The independence of sectors and strengthening coordination of members initially 
planned in the text have been rejected by the delegates. Heated debates, sometimes 
violent, have led to a crisis in the beginning of the union. Result: a part of the federal 
office belonging to the telecommunications sector has not accepted these findings and 
resigned his office.

This crisis is always present. An extraordinary national meeting of all the Federation is 
scheduled June 27 to establish a timetable for debate in South PTT.

Misunderstanding of the issues, real divide in the organization, the Congress of FrÃjus 
leaves an impression of a mess when the fight unionism and social transformation needs to 
be powerful against a government that wants to play the pretense of a new policy.

Jakishaw (corresponding AL)

[1] of the UGTT trade unionists, and the Senegalese union CDT
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