SYDNEY CALL FOR A PEOPLE FRIENDLY GLOBAL ECONOMY

AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-1999
SYDNEY CALL FOR A PEOPLE FRIENDLY GLOBAL ECONOMY

SYDNEY CALL FOR A PEOPLE-FRIENDLY GLOBAL ECONOMY



Sydney, February 22/ MediaNet International-AsiaNet/--The global economy
is "unstable and unsustainable" said Philip Jennings, General Secretary
of the international trade union federation FIET, which is holding its 24th
World Congress in Sydney next month. "We want a global economy that puts
people first," said Mr Jennings who heads an organisation that has more than
400 affiliated unions from around the globe with 10 million members.

The Congress is due to thrash out a …