Most of them are young. They can be seen near railway stations or in queues in front of local administration offices. They are looking for guidance information on housing or possibilities to obtain food. Their poor knowledge of the local language makes their communication difficult and too few people take time to answer their questions. In turn, when a dialogue is started, when trust overcomes fear, when brotherhood is lived, everything becomes possible and everybody comes out a winner. Whom are we referring to? Migrants, of course!
With its 4-year plan adopted in Nantes in October 2009 and worked out in continental seminars, the WMCW wants to open up to new prospects for and with the migrants. While some are building physical or internal walls, it is proposing to build bridges. It announces the possibility of living together and its members are given the means to build up a real fraternity.
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CALL ON THE OCCASION OF THE 1st MAY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY 2011:
To give dignity to migrants
 Be they victims of an earthquake, of a natural or nuclear catastrophe as so many people are today Japan, be they young without a future as in various Arab countries, or because of unbearable political oppression for whom life has become impossible, as in the Ivory Coast and also in many other countries: there are many valid reasons to leave ones country and search for a welcome elsewhere. It is not an easy decision for those people who take this path. It means separation from friends and family, and customs or ways of life, which remain in their country until the leave. This decision is often a choice between the insupportable and uncertainty.
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 On the 8 March 2011, the Movement of Christian Workers invites every woman with or without a job, migrant, volunteer, workers in the informal economy or in the invisible economy, agricultural etc; to celebrate this international day that recognise the unique contribution of women. On our planet earth, women make up half of humanity. They are indispensable to the happiness of the larger human family, in areas such as on the cultural, social, spiritual, economic or political level. For more than a hundred years, this day highlights the resilience and struggles of women against all forms of injustice, exploitation and violence. Indeed the 8 March recalls the historic struggle of women workers in the USA They went on strike to obtain just working conditions. One hundred and twenty nine of them perished in a fire at their factory provoked by the authorities.
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 At its General Assembly in Nantes (France) in October 2009, the World Movement of Christian Workers, MMTC adopted an action plan for the years 2009/2013 around the theme “ Migrant Workers and Globalisation”. Starting from the reflections brought by its member movements from the four continents, it has associated itself completely with this world day of migrants and refugees.
The movement of migration has been constant throughout the history of humanity. It is difficult, even impossible to prevent the mobility of human beings. Throughout time, men and women have migrated for economic, political, social, cultural reasons.
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The European Coordination of WMCW, the European Christian Workers' Movement (ECWM) is happy to present its new Website at:
http://mtce-network.eu
Have a look at it to learn more about the activities of the Movement at the European level.
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Message on the Occasion of the 1st May 2010
International Workers’ Day
2010: A Historic Opportunity
The Movements affiliated to the World Movement of Christian Workers (WMCW) express their solidarity with all working women and men around the world and shares their worries and preoccupations in the face of unemployment and poverty which are being accentuated by the world economic crisis.
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 « AIDONS L’ACO D’HAITI »
Le nouveau conseil international, élu à Nantes, a décidé, au cours de sa rencontre de mars 2010, de relancer la campagne de solidarité des mouvements du MMTC.
Pourquoi une campagne internationale ?
Cette opération a but pour de mobiliser tous les mouvements du MMTC autour d’un même projet solidaire. Il s’agit de recueillir, auprès des membres des mouvements, des fonds destinés au financement d’une action concernant le mouvement international. L’objectif n’est pas que financier. Une campagne de solidarité internationale permet à tous les mouvements de réfléchir sur le même thème, de se sentir partie prenante d’une grande chaîne de solidarité qui fait le tour du monde. Elle permet également à chaque mouvement national de sensibiliser ses membres, y compris dans les équipes de base, sur l’importance d’une solidarité sans frontières. Cette campagne démontre aussi la capacité du MMTC à trouver en son propre sein, les ressources nécessaires pour faire vivre un projet commun.
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In many countries of the world, men and women have been affected by war, acts of terrorism, grave accidents or other natural catastrophes, the whole of humanity has been horrified by the dramatic event which has hit the Haitian people: thousands of human lives have been lost or displaced, and huge damage to the infrastructure. National and International solidarity has to be rapidly put in place to assist the numerous victims. All over the world, people feel very affected by the extent of this catastrophe.
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