Peace & Democracy
Civil and political rights are essential for sustaining labour rights. So democracy has to be defended at all costs. Moreover, democratisation of the society will increase the power of the workers to shape the world they live in. It will ensure social and economic rights. So defending democracy and supporting all initiatives to democratise the society should be a major political objective of the trade unions. Values of secularism, social justice and human dignity need to be accepted by the unions and deepened within the labour movement. NTUI sees the need to recognise all forms of discriminations within society based on religion, caste, or gender and their effects on organising of work as essential to struggling for a just and equal society.