Mark your
calendar. It's not too early to register:
ConferenciaCuba/Venezuela/Mexico/Norte America- VI
December, 4, 5 and 6, Diciembre 4,5 y 6,
2009
¡La lucha obrera no tiene fronteras! The
workers’struggle has no borders!
Uniting America's Working Class and Increasing its
Influence
U.S.-Cuba – Latin America- International
Relations •
FTAA/NAFTA: the ALBA
Alternative • Crises-Integration and Solidarity
Immigration between US/Latin America– Inmigración entre
Estados y Latinoamérica •
Free the Cuban Five from U.S.prisons – Family visits
now!
The cost to attend is
$55 per person to cover the expenses of the conference.
Cuban leaders of the
Confederation of Cuban Workers (CTC)
will visit
Tijuana, Mexico, a city 15 minutes from the San Diego, U.S./Mexico border.
This conference will give people from North America (the United States,
Canada and Mexico) the opportunity to hear
first hand from the Latinoamerican and Caribean workers.
Also, you will hear from Union leaders of :
Venezuela
Ecuador, Bolivia,
Nicaragua, Haiti, Philippines, Colombia, Honduras, Mexicoand the
U.S. discussing the social
and labor movements in
the Americas.
Lideres sindicales Cubanos de la Central de Trabajadores de Cuba
(CTC),
visitaranTijuana, Mexico, una ciudad a 15 minutos de San Diego, CA.
USA. de la
frontera Mexico/EE.UU.. Esta conferencia le brindará la
oportunidad a los
trabajadores de Norte America de obtener información de primera
mano sobre la
situación de los trabajadores en Latinoamerica y el Caribea.
Tambien estaran presentes
lideres
sindicalistas de: Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Haiti,
Filipinas,
Colombia,
Honduras, Mexico y los EEUU.
Invited Panelists/Invitados (partial):
CUBA:
Ernesto Freire Cazanas, Head Officer, Foreign Relations of
C.T.C.;
Carmen Godinez, CTC of Cuba;
Anibal Melo, WFTU America Region;
VENEZUELA: Representantes de Venezuela;
ECUADOR: Confederacion de Trabajadores del Ecuador;
BOLIVIA: Representante de C.O.B.;
NICARAGUA: Frente Nacional de Trabajadores, FNT
COLOMBIA: Joaquin Romero Presidente FUNTRAENERGETICA
Edgar Paez, SINALTRAINAL;
HONDURAS: Juan Barahona Presidente de la Federacion Unitaria de
Trabajadores de Honduras
HAITI: Dukens Raphael Secretario General Confederation des Travailleurs
du Sector Public et Prive
PUERTO RICO: Angel Figueroa Jaramillo
Presidente de la UTIER
PANAMA:Genaro
López Secretario General SUNTRACS
NICARAGUA: Freddy Franco Secretario General
FEPDES
PHILIPPINES:
Elmer LaBog, Chairperson, Kilusang Mayo Uno
(KMU);
MEXICO:Sindicato Mexicano de
Electricistas (SME);
Oliverio Esquivel: FSM- Mexico
ESTADOS UNIDOS: Cristina Vasquez, UNITE-HERE
Valdemar Belazquez, Presidente of FLOC (Farm Labor Organizing
Committee
AGENDA
Friday, December 4, 2009 - 6 pm -11 pm
Dinner reception to welcome family of the Cuban Five. Current
developments in the international
movement to Free the Five Cuban Heroes unjustly held in U.S. prisons
for eleven=2 0long years.
Saturday December 5, 2009 - 9 am - 1 pm
Impacto de la crisis en los
trabajadores. Posiciones del movimiento sindical
latinoamericano y
caribeno frente a la crisis. Alternativas
International union guests will
discuss the relations between the United States, Cuba, Venezuela,
Mexico,and the rest of Latin America, including the
U.S. blockade against
Cuba, the threats to the Bolivarian revolution in
Venezuela, Bolivia and the
imposition of Neoliberal policies on Mexico.
Saturday,December 5, 2009 - 3 pm - 7 pm
ALBA as a growing alternativeto the FTAA. Here we will debate the
defeat of the FTAA and the
continued pursuit of the U.S. transnationals to implement free trade
agreements -
one by one - in Latin America. Hear and discuss how nine member
countries of ALBA
are responding in collective solidarity to the urgent problems of
energy
and food crises, education, communication, sports, and the necessities
of life
for those marginali zed by colonialism and imperialist globalization.
Find out
about the newest development, how Latin Amer ica labor federations are
organizing
themselves for Workers Unite for a New America.
Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 9 am -3 pm
Latin American immigration to the U.S. Here we will discuss the
disastrous effects of the FTAA
imposed by the U.S. government and U.S. transnationals on Latin America
that destroys
the Latin American economy and forces millions of workers to emigrate
to
the U.S. where they become modern day slaves, have their human rights
violated
and are humiliated.
SPONSORS (partial):
U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange;
Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME);
Federacion Sindical Mundial
International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban
Five;
National Network on Cuba (NNOC);
Venezuela Solidarity Network (VSN);
International Action Center (IAC);
Cuba Solidarity New York (CSNY);
Southwest Workers Union, San Antonio, Texas;
C.O.M.P.A., Converjencia de losMovimientos de los Pueblos de Las
Americas.
Conference Registration/ Datos para su ins cripción a la
Conferencia:
Name/Nombre:____________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Address/Direccion:______________________________City,State,
Zip/Ciudad, Estado, Zona postal:______________________
Phone/Telefono:_____________Fax:______________ Email/Correo
Electronico:_____________________________________
0AUnion/Organization/Sindicato:___________________________________________________________________________
___
[ ] Enclosed is my registration fee of $ 55 U.S.dollars ([
] additional donation $25 requested - special Free the Five dinner,
Friday)
[ ]I would like to give a donation of $________ for a
low-income participant.
[ ] Envio mi registro y mi donacion de 55 dolares US
y quisiera aportar la cantidad de $_______para aquellos participantes de bajo
ingreso.
([ ] donación adicional - 25 dolares-– una cena
especial – viernes – por Los Cincos)
Make checks payable to: Labor Exchange Haga los chekes pagables a:
Labor Exchange
US/Cuba Labor
Exchange ● P.O. BOX 39188 ●
Redford MI 48239 ● Phone/Fax:
(313) 587 9285
● Email: laborexchange at aol.com
Reservations can be made at: Reservaciones de Hotel:
Hotel Palacio Azteca
Blvd Cuauhtemoc Sur #213 Colonia Davila 22400
Tijuana, Mexico
*Toll Free from USA 1 888 901 3720 Toll Free From Mexico 01
8000266660
Single/Sencilla Room $80 U.S.Dollars •
Double/Doble Room $114 U.S. Dollars
*(This will included two breakfasts and one dinner per
person)
(Este precio incluye dos desayunos y una cena por persona)
Please mention the/Favor de mencionar para un descuento
al:
Cuba Labor Conference to get the discounted price.
Reservations should be made as soon a s possible/Realice su reservacion
lo antes possible.
*If you have a problem please call 313 575
4933 or laborexchange@aol.com
