Labor Day
More than all the labor holidays of previous years, that of May 1, 1964 has a particular character for the Algerian worker.
This is the result of several months of struggle for the recovery by the worker of his full sovereignty over his work tool.
This process was initiated by the first congress of the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA), from January 17 to 20, 1963, which dedicated the meeting of all workers in a mass organization which will ensure their rights and preserve their dignity.
Then, there was successively the decree institutionalizing self-management, the nationalization of large properties and agricultural land, the congress of agricultural self-management, the creation of the National Social Security Fund and the nationalization of flour mills and food industries.
The sovereignty of Algerian workers was reaffirmed on the occasion of the 2nd Congress of the UGTA, from March 23 to 27, 1964, which confirmed their desire to make the Socialist Revolution triumph and to march resolutely on the path to the reconstruction of the country.
To this end, the workers adopted a new platform endorsing the exercise of union action under the aegis of the National Liberation Front (FLN) so that the UGTA is in tune with the revolutionary resolutions of the party.
This succession of actions, carried out in the space of only a few months, reflects the place occupied by the Algerian worker in the process of building Algeria and the value given to work and toil, the only guarantees of the success of the battle for national reconstruction.
Labor Day, celebrated throughout the world, finds its full meaning in Algeria where workers are at the same time managers and controllers of their production tools.
This is the result of several months of struggle for the recovery by the worker of his full sovereignty over his work tool.
This process was initiated by the first congress of the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA), from January 17 to 20, 1963, which dedicated the meeting of all workers in a mass organization which will ensure their rights and preserve their dignity.
Then, there was successively the decree institutionalizing self-management, the nationalization of large properties and agricultural land, the congress of agricultural self-management, the creation of the National Social Security Fund and the nationalization of flour mills and food industries.
The sovereignty of Algerian workers was reaffirmed on the occasion of the 2nd Congress of the UGTA, from March 23 to 27, 1964, which confirmed their desire to make the Socialist Revolution triumph and to march resolutely on the path to the reconstruction of the country.
To this end, the workers adopted a new platform endorsing the exercise of union action under the aegis of the National Liberation Front (FLN) so that the UGTA is in tune with the revolutionary resolutions of the party.
This succession of actions, carried out in the space of only a few months, reflects the place occupied by the Algerian worker in the process of building Algeria and the value given to work and toil, the only guarantees of the success of the battle for national reconstruction.
Labor Day, celebrated throughout the world, finds its full meaning in Algeria where workers are at the same time managers and controllers of their production tools.