Venezuelan trade union leaders at British TUC fringe meeting

Hands Off Venezuela TUC Fringe Meeting

After the success in raising solidarity for Venezuela´s Bolivarian Revolution at the British trade union conferences, the next step of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign will be the intervention at the Trades Union Congress in Brighton in September. NATFHE will move a resolution in support of Venezuela and the progressive policies of the government of president Hugo Chávez, committing the TUC to work with solidarity campaigns and to build links with Venezuelan trade unionists.

At the same time, two leading members of Venezuela's largest union, the National Workers Union, UNT, will be present at the TUC, having been invited by the National Union of Journalists and by Hands Off Venezuela. Marcela Máspero and Orlando Chirino, both National Coordinators of the UNT will be speaking at a fringe meeting, giving a unique chance to TUC delegates and other British trade unionists to hear first hand about the experiences and challenges facing the Venezuelan revolution and labour movement.

Date: Wednesday, 14th September, 5.30pm (straight after end of conference).
Venue: The Quality Hotel (2 mins from conference centre), Brighton
Chair: Jeremy Dear (General Sec NUJ)
Speakers: Marcela Máspero and Orlando Chirino, National Coordinators of the UNT, John McDonnell MP, Bob Crow (invited), Ruth Winters (invited), John Wilkin (NATFHE President)
Sponsors: NATFHE, NUJ