BALTIMORE
Meeting hails Cuban labor group
By Sharon
Black-Ceci
Baltimore
On July 27, Baltimore community activists and union
members attended a historic meeting here. A high-ranking
Cuban labor union delegation spoke at the local All-Peoples
Congress hall.
Over 75 people jammed the hall in 90-degree heat to greet
the Cuban delegates. The audience listened spellbound for
over two hours.
A high point came early in the evening when Mary Jackson,
mother of slain police victim Joe Wilbon, reported on her
son's case. Olga Rosa Gómez Cortes, general secretary
of Cuba's Cultural Workers Union, rose from her seat and
embraced Jackson in a moving display of solidarity.
Leonel González González, international
secretary of the Cuban Workers Federation, remarked on the
APC hall with "its pictures of all the struggles you are
involved in." He proclaimed, "We feel like we are at home
here."
González read a solidarity statement against racism
and police killings, and in support of freedom for Mumia
Abu-Jamal.
The diverse audience included members of the American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Transit
Workers, Food and Commercial Workers and others. There were
community fighters against police killings, members of Unity
for Action and representatives of the Maryland-Cuba
Friendship Coalition.
The meeting was co-sponsored by the Friendship Coalition
and APC.
Participants left the hall with a better understanding of
the gains Cuban workers have won through their revolution.
They also learned about the U.S. blockade of Cuba and why
workers here should fight against it.
An international solidarity conference is scheduled for
November in Cuba. Readers who live in the
Baltimore/Washington area who want more information can
contact the APC at (410) 235-7040.
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