Bartolo Perez: A Chronology of The Life of a YCW Activist Who Remained a YCW Activist All His Life
Bartolo Perez was born in São Paulo (Brazil) on November 20, 1925.
He was a teacher and trainer at the University of Porto Alegre. Of Spanish origin, his parents, Francisco and Josefa, arrived in Brazil during the immigration period in the early 20th century.
At the age of 14, he began working as an apprentice turner in a small auto parts factory. It was in this factory, in 1942, that 16-year-old Bartolo Perez met young Emídio, a YCW activist who helped him look at reality: "I was very curious to know what dignity was, what it meant," Bartolo said in an interview a few years ago.
Thus, the young worker’s awareness was raised and he started carrying out militant actions with his comrades. One of the first actions was to go to the union to denounce the working situation of young people in the factory.
This is how Bartolo joined the YCW group in the Mooca neighborhood in the Sao Paulo region.
First Issue of IYCW Bulletin in a new format
The International YCW is proposing a new issue and a new format of its bulletin. Together with the International Cardijn Association (ICA), we want to provide you with information that summarizes our analysis as well as the actions carried out in the different countries where we have and build IYCW member movements. This new format will hopefully attract new readers and serve as a training tool for young workers and all those interested in the International YCW.
JOC Europe Publishes European Parliament Votes
Who is voting against a waiver for the intellectual property rights on Covid vaccines? What does the European Parliament say about a right to disconnect from work? These and other questions are part of a campaign JOC Europe is starting on Twitter and Instagram. With the help of Vote Watch Europe and in cooperation with ACV, there will be publications in the upcoming weeks showing how the different groups in the European Parliament are voting on relevant topics. Follow @EuropeJoc on Twitter or @joceurope on Instagram to keep up to date.
IYCW at the ILO Conference: Who Profits Must Contribute to Ending Inequality and Discrimination
This year's International Labour Conference is being held in two segments. The second segment is running from 25th November to 11th December 2021.
Errol Alonzo, Carolin Moch and Sarah Prenger represented the IYCW in the second segment of this international assembly. On this occasion, Errol delivered a statement responding to the report of the Director-General of the ILO on inequality.
Starting his statement, Errol confirmed the Director-General’s report.
“Young workers from all over the world confirm the report. They confirm, for example, that workers with temporary contracts have been the first to be laid off; that informal workers have had to choose between starving and risking infection; that temporary workers on a weekly basis are not really able to interact with fellows; that a department leader was degraded after telling her employer about her pregnancy; and that a qualified platform worker is working without a contract.”
IYCW at UNESCO: Invest in Strong Social Protection
The IYCW was invited to the 41st UNESCO general assembly which took place at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France from 9-24 November 2021. As an official partner of UNESCO, the IYCW was invited to provide its views on the issues currently under the attention of UNESCO.
Sarah Prenger, the IYCW president, shared her views on education, work and youth. She appreciated the director general of UNESCO highlighting the impact of educational disruption due to the pandemic on almost two billion learners.
“I thank the director general of UNESCO for pointing out that in the year 2020, 1.6 billion learners were affected by an unprecedented educational disruption. These data just show how billions of people around the world are far from living in dignity,” Sarah said.
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