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Cuba/Venezuela/Mexico/North America Labor Conference - V
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!




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(Special program with Families of the Five on Friday, Dec. 5!)


Cuban leaders of the Confederation of Cuban Workers (CTC) will visit Tijuana, Mexico, a city 15 minutes from the San Diego US/ 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 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.


Lideres 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 y Nicaragua que discutiran los movimientos sociales y sindicales en nuestra America.



Invited Panelists/Invitados (partial):
CUBA: Ernesto Freire Cazanas, Head officer of Foreign Relations of the C.T.C. Carmen Godinez, CTC of Cuba
VENEZUELA:
Representantes de la U.N.T. de Venezuela,
Ecuador:Confederacion de Trabajadores del Ecuador
BOLIVIA: Representante Internacional de C.O.B.
NICARAGUA: Representante de Nicaragua,

COLOMBIA:
Representante Internacional de la unión SINALTRAINAL en Colombia;
MEXICO/Estados Unidos: Elvira Arellano, La Familia Latina Unida, Chicago
MEXICO: Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME)
Estados Unidos: Cristina Vasquez, UNITE-HERE

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; 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
[ ]Envio mi registro y mi donacion de 55 dolares US y quisiera aportar la cantidad de $_______para aquellos participantes de bajo ingreso.
[ ] I would like to give a donation of $ ________ for a low-income participant
Mail your registration - Envíelo por correo a:
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US/Cuba Labor Exchange P.O. BOX 39188 Redford MI 48239 Phone/Fax: (313) 587 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 $89US Dollars Double/doble Room $141 US Dollars

(This will included two breakfasts and one dinner)
(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