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Together For A Just World

DECLARATIONS

May 1 Labour Day
May 1, 2024

Continuing the struggle for decent work and a just and peaceful world…
Today marks May 1st the International Workers’ Day, a day when we fill our
hearts with unity and solidarity…

In a world where working conditions deteriorate, job security diminishes, and
social rights are violated, this special day strengthens our spirit of solidarity and
elevates the principle of hope.

Today, on a global scale, social injustice and labor exploitation deepen even
further.

The fact that the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population owns twice as much
wealth as the remaining 99% is a clear manifestation of global wealth inequality.

Wars are spreading,
People are displaced from their homes. Moreover, the systematic strategies
of dispossession perpetuated by neoliberalism have turned this process into a
chronic issue.
Millions of people worldwide are displaced and homeless.

All these are indicators of a systemic problem…
However, instead of succumbing to despair, we must strengthen our determi-
nation to fight for decent work and a just world and strengthen our solidarity.
If there is no social justice, there is no peace; if there is war, there is no social
justice!

We cannot speak of social justice, in a world where wars and conflicts persist
and innocent people suffer and are killed.

Today, it is a day to say STOP to all injustices, oppressions, and atrocities where-

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