The trade union movement of the Americas, represented in the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) and in member and fraternal Centrals/Confederations, has concluded the process of construction, debate and collective consensus of the Continental Trade Union Platform on Social Security, which was approved by the TUCA Executive Council in April 2010.

The TUCA submits this Trade Union Platform to the consideration of organized and non-organized workers of the Americas and organized civil society. It is the result of a democratic process of reflection, debate and consultation between different perspectives of the labor movement and experts seeking to contribute to drafting a proposal for universal, solidarity and public access to Social Security as a fundamental Human Right.

We look forward to the Continental Trade Union Platform on Social Security becoming an instrument of political-strategic work and a guide for trade union actions on the issue.

The document is made up of the following structure and content:

1. POINT OF DEPARTURE

• The TUCA Program of Action and Social Security; 
• Status of Social Security in the Americas; 
• In particular: in view of the crisis and the failure of the privatization of Social Security. 

2. TRADE UNION STEPS TOWARDS THE PLATFORM

• Main role of trade unionism at the 89th Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO 2001)
• Trade union debate on proposals for Social Security (2007-2009)
• Social Security as a Fundamental Human Right
• The Challenge of the Expansion of Social Protection in the Americas.

3. THE PROPOSAL OF WORKERS

4. PROPOSALS FOR ACTION