The strike leaders of the Real Estate Tax Collectors have issued a statement on the corruption inside the Tax Collection Authority and the Ministry of Finance… Click on the photo below to read it…

Note that this is the second statement to be issued by the strike leaders under the new name: “The Independent General Union of Real Estate Tax Collectors” [First statement is posted here] … I have blogged before about the fight for independent representation within the Tax Collectors’ sector here and there previously… So please take time to read those postings…

After series of announcements during labor conferences and activist events about their intention NOT to disband the strike committee which ran the 55,000-strong strike successfully, now the strike leaders have taken a bold step of declaring themselves as the real representatives of the employees… And there’s no doubt about that… Below is a photo of the govt-backed union representatives from last January, standing outside the Finance Ministry since they were NOT invited to join the negotiations between the Minister of finance and the Strike leaders… clearly proving who is running the show and who enjoys true legitimacy and credibility among the strikers…

This is how labor unions should be (and are being) built… from below… not from those who parachute themselves from the sky… According to Socialist sources, the structures of the new General Union for the Real Estate Tax collectors are still under construction and far from being finished, but the foundations are there, and now it’s officially launched… Expect the domino effect to keep rolling left and right, up and down, very soon…