Fosatu
Congress, April 1982
Address
by Joe Foster
"Three
years ago - almost to the day - we met in this very same place to
form Fosatu. Today we have set as our theme - the Workers' Struggle -
in an attempt to further clarify where we as worker representatives
see Fosatu stand in this great struggle . As these unions grow then
the question is what role do they play in the wider political arena.
There has been a great upsurge in political activities over the last
few years and many different political groups are looking to the
union movement to state its position. We must be sure our
organisation and our leadership can confidently state its position
and continue to organise in the way that will strengthen and not
weaken that position. The purpose of this paper is to set out the
issues we should debate if we are to meet the challenges.
