{"id":5291,"date":"2026-06-30T14:16:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:16:54","slug":"johannesburg-nehawu-conference-the-speech-of-george-mavrikos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/?p=5291","title":{"rendered":"Johannesburg, NEHAWU Conference: the speech of George Mavrikos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Under difficult conditions, the International Workers\u2019 Institute (IWI) continues and persists in the theoretical and ideological reinforcement of workers and trade union cadres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within this framework, G. Mavrikos, President of the Institute and Honorary President of the WFTU, spoke yesterday in Johannesburg at the NEHAWU conference on the topic &#8220;the fundamental characteristics of the working class in our time&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We provide the link to the full speech:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-theory-and-praxis wp-block-embed-theory-and-praxis\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bPQk9Vm5uA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoryandpraxis.eu\/on-social-classes\/\">On social classes*<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;On social classes*&#8221; &#8212; theory and praxis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoryandpraxis.eu\/on-social-classes\/embed\/#?secret=Os88tevd8n#?secret=bPQk9Vm5uA\" data-secret=\"bPQk9Vm5uA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"5293\" src=\"https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733726626_1619413923527433_1615159420124304730_n-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"5294\" src=\"https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/732961636_1619413926860766_7932207805074875710_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/732961636_1619413926860766_7932207805074875710_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/732961636_1619413926860766_7932207805074875710_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/732961636_1619413926860766_7932207805074875710_n-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/732961636_1619413926860766_7932207805074875710_n-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/732961636_1619413926860766_7932207805074875710_n-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/732961636_1619413926860766_7932207805074875710_n-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/eurof-wftu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/732961636_1619413926860766_7932207805074875710_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under difficult conditions, the International Workers\u2019 Institute (IWI) continues and persists in the theoretical and ideological reinforcement of workers and trade union cadres. 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