Conferencia
Cuba/Venezuela/Mexico/Norte America
December, 5, 6 and
7, Diciembre 5,6 y 7
2008
¡La lucha obrera no tiene
fronteras! The workers’ struggle has no borders!
U.S.-Cuba – Latin
America - International Relations • FTAA/NAFTA: the ALBA
Alternative •
Immigration between US/Latin
America– Inmigración entre Estados y
Latinoamérica •
Free the Cuban Five from U.S.
prisons – Family visits20now!
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 Cubans about Cuba’s workers and
their unions. Also, you will hear from leaders of the Venezuelan union, UNT,
about the present situation of the Venezuelan revolution and the issues facing
Venezuelan workers, representatives of Mexico, United States, Bolivia, Ecuador,
Colombia, Haiti, the Philippines and Nicaragua discussing the social and
labor movements in the Americas.
The cost to attend is $55 per person
to cover the expenses of the conference.
Lider es sindicales Cubanos de la
Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC), visitaran Tijuana, 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 Cubanos y sus sindicatos y sobre la realidad cubana actual.
Tambien estaran presentes lideres sindicalistas Venezolanos de la UNT
(Unión Nacional de Trabajadores), que informaran acerca de la
situación actual de la Revolucion Venezolana. Tambien lideres sindicales
de Mexico, Estados Unidos, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia. Haiti, Filipinas y
Nicaragua que discutiran los movimientos sociales y sindicales en nuestra
America.
Invited Panelists/Invitados
(partial):
CUBA: Ernesto Freire
Cazanas, Head Officer, Foreign Relations
of C.T.C.; Carmen Godinez, CTC of Cuba;
VENEZUELA: Representantes de Venezuela;
ECUADOR: Confederacion de Trabajadores del Ecuador;
BOLIVIA: Representante Inte rnacional de C.O.B.;
NICARAGUA: Representante de Nicaragua;
COLOMBIA: Edgar Paez, SINALTRAINAL;
HAITI: Representative; PHILIPPINES: Elmer
LaBog, Chairperson, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU); MEXICO/Estados
Unidos: Elvira Arellano, La Familia Latina Unida;
MEXICO: Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME);
ESTADOS UNIDOS: Cristina Vasquez, UNITE-HERE
AGENDA
Friday, December 5, 2008 - 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 ten long years.
Saturday December 6, 2008 - 9 am
- 1 pm
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 6, 2008 - 3
pm - 7 pm
ALBA as a growing alternative to 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 member countries of AL BA are responding in
collective solidarity to the urgent problems of energy and food crises,
education, communication, sports, and the necessities of life for those
marginalized by colonialism and imperialist globalization. Find out about the
newest development, how Latin America 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); World Organization for the Right of
the People to Healthcare, SEIU 1199 NY; 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 los Movimientos de los Pueblos de Las
Americas.
Conference Registration/
Datos para su inscripción a la Conferencia:
Name/Nombre:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Address/Direccion:______________________________City,State, Zip/Ciudad,
Estado, Zona postal:______________________
Phone/Telefono:_____________Fax:______________ Email/Correo
Electronico:_____________________________________
Union/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) 5 87
9285
● Email: laborexchange@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 $98 U.S.
Dollars • Double/Doble
Room $141 U.S. Dollars
(This will included two
breakfasts and one dinn er)
(Este precio incluye dos
desayunos y una cena)
Please mention the/Favor de mencionar
para un descueanto al:
Cuba Labor
Conference to get the discounted
price.
Reservations should be made as soon
as possible/Realice su reservación lo antes possible.
*If you have a problem please
call 313 587 9285 or laborexchange@aol.com
