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CHANGED TIME Twin Cities: Venezuelan Labor Movement and U.S. Workers - A Meeting with Labor Attache |
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Written by Twin Cities HOV
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Monday, 03 September 2007 |
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The Venezuelan Labor Movement and U.S. Workers: What can we learn from each other?
A Meeting with Marcos García, Labor Attaché for the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC; and Martin Sánchez, Consul General for Venezuela in Chicago.
What's Really Happening in Venezuela? Come Learn About:
- Constitutional Reforms
- Workers' Rights
- The 6 Hour Work Day
- Raising the Minimum Wage
- The Rise of the Venezuelan National Union of Workers (UNT)
- Factory closures & off-shoring
- Nationalizations of major corporations
WHERE: United Labor Center
312 Central Ave. SE
(Corner of University and Central Fifth Floor)
WHEN: September 14 from 11:00 am to 12:30pm ALSO: Join us the evening of September 14 at Macalester College in St. Paul (Weyerhaueser building) for a public meeting with Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez. Reception at 5:30 pm, Presentation begins at 6:00.
Sponsored by the Minneapolis Central Labor Council, Hands Off Venezuela, and the Minnesota Venezuela Committee
For more information please contact John Peterson at
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or 651-373-7609 |
