South African guest Xolile Nxu told delegates about increasing privatization since the first free elections in 1994.
“They said that would increase community participation to decrease poverty, but it is not true,” said the South African Municipal Workers’ Union first vice-president.
“We need people not to live comfortable lives at the expense of workers in the Third World,” said Josua Mata from the Alliance of Progressive Unions in the Philippines.
“If we want to change the world, we need to change this capitalist system that exists solely by exploiting the working class.”