15-city tour brings Cuban unionists to meet U.S.
workers
By Cheryl
LaBash
Beginning on July 19 in Boston, workers in the United
States will have a rare opportunity to meet with Cuban union
leaders. Three leading member of the Confederation of Cuban
Workers (CTC) were granted U.S. entry visas for a 1-month,
15-city speaking tour organized by the U.S.- Cuba Labor
Exchange.
The delegation includes General Secretary of Cultural
Workers Olga Rosa Gomez Cortes, International Secretary of
the CTC Leonel Gonzalez Gonzalez, and CTC International
Relations Department representative Manuel Montero
Bistilleiro. Both Gomez and Gonzalez are elected deputies for
the National Assembly of People's Power.
The CTC has accepted the frequent invitations of U.S.
workers and unions to send representatives in the past.
Schedules were drawn up, meetings planned, and travel
arrangements made only to have the U.S. government deny the
visa requests at the last minute. It has been nine years
since any representatives of the CTC have been allowed into
the United States.
Growing numbers of U.S. workers are traveling to Cuba to
experience the reality for themselves and many fight to end
the U.S. blockade. However, this tour will bring Cuban
workers right into shops, offices
and union halls for a broader dialogue.
For U.S. workers, who overwhelmingly supported the right
of Elián González and his family to return home
to Cuba and who were moved by the strength and dignity of
Juan Miguel González, this tour is a chance to meet
Cuban workers face to face.
Brief biographies, city schedules and contact numbers are
on the Web at: http:// www.geocities.com/us-cuba-labor/
For more information, readers can call the U.S.-Cuba Labor
Exchange at (313) 561-8330 or send e-mail to
laborexchange@aol.com.
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