Statutes of the International Confederation of Labour ( 2018 Parma Congress version)

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• 0-Introduction
  • Introduction
• 1. Name and definition
  • 1.1 The International Confederation of Labor (ICL) is an international federation
  • 1.2 The ICL is governed by these Statutes
• 2. Principles
  • 2.1. The member organizations of the ICL share a set of undeniable principles
  • 2.2. The principles of the ICL that follow are embodied in its Federative Agreement
    • Anarcho syndicalism and revolutionary unionism
    • Solidarity
    • Class struggle
    • Internationalism
    • Horizontality
    • Federalism
    • Independence
• 3. Federative Agreement
  • 3.1. In accordance with the above point on federalism, the ICL shall have a Federative Agreement
  • 3.2 While the principles are undeniable
  • 3.3 Interpreting the Federative Agreement, in particular issues of compliance
  • 3.4 The Federative Agreement that follows is the development of the principles
• 4. Association
  • 4.1 All those anarcho-syndicalist and revolutionary unions who request membership
  • 4.2 Because of its federalist and internationalist methodology, the ICL is not governed by the logic of states
  • 4.3 In the same way, a Section could have a sphere of activity that includes more than one state
  • 4.4 The minimum number of individual members in order to be a Section of the ICL is 75 individual members.
  • 4.5 Anarcho-syndicalist or revolutionary unions that are organized
  • 4.6 Groups that are not established as anarcho-syndicalist or revolutionary unions
  • 4.7. Sections, Friends, and Initiatives
    • 4.7.1 Sections
    • 4.7.2 Friends
    • 4.7.3 Initiatives
  • 4.8 Admission of new organizations
    • 4.8.1 Any organization that adheres to the Federative Agreement
    • 4.8.2 If the Secretary and/or the Liaison Committee find formal errors
    • 4.8.3 The Secretary, through the Liaison Committee, will send the applications
    • 4.8.4 Along with this report, the Secretary will also call for a referendum
    • 4.8.5 The evaluation of the potential member organization’s compliance
    • 4.8.6 If the organization is accepted for membership, it will be admitted
    • 4.8.7 In the case that the organization is not accepted
  • 4.9 Disassociations to the ICL
    • 4.9.1 A Section can be disassociated from the ICL for the following reasons:
  • 4.10 Expulsion process
    • 4.10.1 Any Section of the ICL may request the expulsion of any other Section
    • 4.10.2 To do so, the Section requesting expulsion must send the Secretary
    • 4.10.3 The Secretary and the Liaison Committee will send this request
    • 4.10.4 Once the response has been received and forwarded
    • 4.10.5 If the expulsion is approved, it will be effective immediately
    • 4.10.6 The expelled Section or Friend may appeal the decision within
    • 4.10.7 After a second referendum, the decision will be final
    • 4.10.8 In the case of a split within a member organization
• 5. Relations
  • 5.1 Autonomy of the Sections
  • 5.2 Relations with other organizations
    • 5.2.1 Out of respect for the federal principle that governs the ICL
    • 5.2.2 In turn, the ICL can make contact, cooperate, and collaborate
• 6. Decision-making
  • 6.1 In the ICL decisions will be made by consensus of all Sections
  • 6.2 To facilitate this objective, when Sections or Friends make two or more different proposals
  • 6.3 The Sections can then vote on any points
  • 6.4 The number of dues-paying individual members
  • 6.5 Once the voting has been carried out
  • 6.6 At the request of at least three affiliated organizations
  • 6.7 Through a decision of the national congress
  • 6.8 Friends of the ICL cannot participate
• 7. Congresses
  • 7.1 The Congress of the ICL will be made up of all of the Sections and Friends
  • 7.2 The tasks and functions of the Congress are as follows
  • 7.3 The agreements and decisions adopted during the Congress are binding for all
  • 7.4 The Secretary will call the Ordinary Congresses of the ICL every five years
  • 7.5 In the same first announcement of the Congress, the Secretary will call a referendum
  • 7.6 A Section may request an Extraordinary Congress at any time it sees fit
  • 7.7 If the request for an Extraordinary Congress is approved
  • 7.8 The Section that made the initial call for an Extraordinary Congress
  • 7.9 Participation
    • 7.9.1 All of the Sections and Friends of the ICL will participate in the Congress
    • 7.9.2 The Initiatives of the ICL can attend the plenary sessions
    • 7.9.3 All those organizations and/or groups invited as observers
  • 7.10 The Congress is made up of the delegations sent by the different Sections and Friends
  • 7.11 Sections and Friends can also send their agreements in writing to the Secretary
  • 7.12 The Direct Delegations may interpret the agreements of their Sections
  • 7.13 The agreements of the Indirect Delegations may only be read as they are
  • 7.14 The Congress agreements are to be reached in accordance with the article on decision-making
  • 7.15 The Congress sessions will follow the agenda
  • 7.16 Once the Congress is finished, the Secretary will send the minutes
• 8. Referendums
  • 8.1 The referendum, or a consultation of the Sections and Friends
  • 8.2 Referendums will be called by the Secretary at the request of any of the Sections or Friends
  • 8.3 To call a referendum, the Section or Friend who desires it
  • 8.4 The Secretary and the Liaison Committee will forward this full request
  • 8.5 The Secretary and the Liaison Committee
  • 8.6 The decision with respect to the referendum will be reached in accordance
  • 8.7 For improved internal efficiency, the Secretary can group together
• 9. Secretary
  • 9.1 The Secretary of the ICL is the legal representative of the ICL
  • 9.2 This office will be held by one of the members of the Liaison Committee
  • 9.3 The system of rotation will be established at the Congress
  • 9.4 Once two years of office have been completed, the Secretary will automatically step down
  • 9.5 The Secretary’s duties are
• 10. Liaison Committee
  • 10.1 The Liaison Committee of the ICL is to be made up of one representative
  • 10.2 This person is to be selected by the Section or Friend
  • 10.3 The Liaison Committee can create as many subcommittees and work groups as they consider necessary
  • 10.4 The members of the Liaison Committee do not represent the organization they belong to
  • 10.5 The duties of the Liaison Committee and its members are as follows
  • 10.6 The Liaison Committee is to meet as often as it considers necessary
  • 10.7 Decision-making in the Liaison Committee
• 11. Treasurer
  • 11.1 The Treasurer of the ICL will be elected at the Congress
  • 11.2 Once this period has passed, the position may not be extended
  • 11.3 The Treasurer’s duties include everything relating to the finances of the ICL
  • 11.4 The Treasurer and the Secretary will be the two individuals jointly authorized to disburse the funds of the ICL
  • 11.5 Among the Treasurer’s duties is calculating the average numbers of dues-paying
  • 11.6 The Treasurer is responsible for all work related to the dues for the ICL
  • 11.7 The Treasurer reports to the Secretary and Liaison Committee every six months
  • The Section to which the Treasurer belongs may replace a Treasurer
• 12. Funding and dues
  • 12.1 The only source of funding and income for the ICL is to be the contributions
  • 12.2 There shall be three categories for monthly dues
    • 12.2.1 The Sections and Friends of the ICL are to make their payments to the Treasurer
    • 12.2.2 Partial exemptions from dues can be requested in exceptional cases
  • 12.3 A solidarity fund is to be created from a significant proportion of the dues
    • 12.3.1 The Sections or Friends who so desire or require may request economic aid
    • 12.3.2 In no case may the combined sum of the ordinary economic aid granted exceed
    • 12.3.3 In the case of ordinary economic aid, priority will be given to projects
    • 12.3.4 Any Sections and Friends that so desire or require may request economic aid
    • 12.3.5 With respect to the above, cases of extraordinary economic aid could be
    • 12.3.6 In no case may the combined sum of the extraordinary economic aid disbursed
    • 12.3.7 In all cases, the requested economic aid can be in the form of one-time payments
    • 12.3.8 In all cases, the economic aid that is granted can cover the entire quantity
    • 12.3.9 Initiatives can also request economic aid from the solidarity fund
• 13. Headquarters of the federation
  • 13.1 The ICL will locate its headquarters at the headquarters of the Section
• 14. Dissolution
  • 14.1 The dissolution of the ICL can only be decided at a Congress
• 15. Authoritative text
  • 15.1 In case of any discrepancy between the official versions of the text