Funding declaration of The United Miners of Bulqiza Trade Union
We, the miners of Bulqiza, unsatisfied with the working conditions and the low wages, aware of our rights and the struggles that lay ahead in order to achieve them, disappointed by those who have dishonoured the name of trade unionism and relying only on each other, have decided to found The United Miners of Bulqiza Trade Union.
The idea of a new and true union, which would protect the miners' rights, has been with us for years now, but only on May 1st of 2019 did we manage to gather enough people to start the process of building this union. Months of court procedures were necessary, but in the end, we managed to legally receive the recognition for our union on October 15th, 2019.
The United Miners of Bulqiza Trade Union is the outcome of our free will and effort. The effort to be daily confronted with our own deaths, so as to produce wealth from which we will benefit merely the crumbs of survival. Our union is structured based on participation and democratic decision making and it grows day by day from the solidarity between all of us miners.
We, the miners of Bulqiza, have the potential to win over our fear of death, over the low wages, over the crushing of our dignity. United in this very union is our strength. From today onwards, another day will dawn for Bulqiza. We, the miners will write to bring about that day, together with all the citizens of Bulqiza and anyone who supports the workers.
United we will win!