Martinique: Anti-capitalist union in Fight for Freedom of Association

The postman Hervé Pinto, Secretary General of the Martinique Democratic Central of Workers holds in his hands the legal document that makes the union illegal. According to its principles, The CDMT is a class struggle union anti-capitalist and anti-colonialist, who does not collaborate with the Employers, who preserves its organizational independence from political parties and which respects workers’ democracy, so who “does not belong to bureaucrats who are afraid of criticism and debate”. http://cdmt-postes.wifeo.com

Post office : Hervé Pinto does not give up

(04/11/11) France Antilles

Hervé Pinto is this Post Office executive [Martinican], sanctioned after a right of withdrawal at his own initiative because his union did not have national representation allowing him to sit in the bodies. Unlike other organizations, the CDMT is not backed by a French confederation. Management had decided to lay him off over two years and, due to this non-representativeness, requested to stop all union activity within the Post Office.

A letter from the hierarchy would have mentioned that “… Any person who claims to be part of this union of the Martinique Post Office, would be committing the most total illegality and would be exposed to disciplinary sanctions ». A “fallacious” pretext according to CDMT union officials [Martinique Democratic Central of Workers – http://cdmt-postes.wifeo.com] who are still protesting against the administration's measure "not respectful of the decision of the Council of State which nevertheless ruled in favor of the employee" by overturning the judgment of the administrative court.

Although the period of union sanction has passed (he took over the 17 October), Hervé Pinto does not intend to give up on union action at the post office. He provides proof of the effectiveness of his union section which obtained a more than honorable score in the last professional election. And to announce that’on his return, he was offered a promotion. He refused it. “While I was execrable, incompetent, irresponsible, here I am today worthy of receiving a promotion”, quips the trade unionist. Who will do everything possible to enforce the court decision in their favor.

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