Dear Comrades
of the North West Region,
I am delighted to welcome you all to
the 129th edition of the International Labour Day celebration on the
theme: ‘Let us build our country in peace, solidarity and decent work’.
I humbly thank and appreciate all our
efforts in the attainment of 2014 goals for the workers which dwelled on decent
work at our work place wherein we all condemned in very strong terms the bad
and unethical practices at our job places such as: child labour, sexual
harassment, homosexuality, embezzlement and corruption. The list goes on.
Although in 2014, a lot of unusual and
unethical situations occurred, we praise God Almighty for the collective
efforts of our unions to handle them. In future, the unions shall be more
prompt in responding to similar unethical actions that could render untold
hardship on workers in particular and the population in general.
In 2015, our collective efforts
to promote peace, solidarity and decent work at all levels will go a long way
to create an enabling environment for economic growth and the promotion of our
development.
I therefore wish to call on all the
workers to embrace peace as an instrument of economic development, solidarity
as we must be one and indivisible to better protect our society. Above all, we
must know that the promotion of decent work is about the sustainability of our
enterprises and the social protection of workers. We must shun marginalization,
the sexual harassment of workers, corruption in all its forms, exploitation of
workers by employers, and much more.
I am convinced that if proper
strategies and checks are put in place, we will be taking the North West and
Cameroon to an era where our economy is placed at the centre of development and
where embezzlement, corruption, tribalism, the man-know-man syndrome and
discrimination in all its forms, become things of the past.
2015 ushers in enough maturity in
workers and I urge you to continue to be involved in the development of your
various communities and especially in showing concern for the elderly and
non-workers for better harmony in society. I will also like to urge all those
who are working in the formal economy to understand that the level of success
or progress in their careers depend largely on the level of engagement and
contribution of those in the informal economy. My reflection here is on the
enormous effort and work put in by women as house wives in particular and in
domestic work in general, even as such work
is never really taken into consideration. These categories of
unquantified workers deserve our attention as they also deserve decent working
conditions.
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Without their contribution, we can
hardly achieve the theme of this 129th International Labour Day
which is that of building our society in peace and solidarity. If we as
workers take all this into consideration, we shall be creating an ecosystem
of better life and better living
conditions for all, and above all; of a more just, open and democratic society.
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In 2015, we must grab our economy to
our hearts; remain united as one people in one nation, fight for our rights, those
of the elderly as well as women in domestic work. To achieve this, fellow
workers, we must believe in ourselves and our ability to attain our lofty
goals. More importantly, and above all, we must trust in the God Almighty.
Long Live the Trade Unions
Long Live the International Labour Day
Long Live the North West Region and
Cameroon
In God we Trust
Tse Anye Kevin
Regional President
Confederation of Cameroon Trade Unions,
CCTU
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