ICL-CIT Statutes

• Statutes of the International Confederation of Labour ( 2018 Parma Congress version)
  • 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
  • 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
    • 4.8 Admission of new organizations
    • 4.9 Disassociations to the ICL
    • 4.10 Expulsion process
  • 5. Relations
    • 5.1 Autonomy of the Sections
    • 5.2 Relations with other organizations
  • 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
    • 7.10 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
    • 12.3 A solidarity fund is to be created from a significant proportion of the dues
  • 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