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By Kiraz Janicke - Venezuelanalysis.com
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Tuesday, 05 February 2008 |
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More than 14,000 workers at Venezuela's largest steel plant, the
Argentine-controlled Ternium Sidor, look set to extend a 48 hour strike
Friday night, after negotiations for a collective contract, which has
dragged on for almost a year, broke down.
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By Kiraz Janicke – Venezuelanalysis.com
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Thursday, 01 November 2007 |
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Over the weekend of October 26
to 27, several hundred people attended a two day conference on Worker's
Management: Theory and Practice, as part of a program, "Human Development and
Transformative Praxis," run by Canadian Marxist academic Michael Lebowitz at the
International Miranda
Center in Caracas.
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By Hands Off Venezuela - Ireland
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007 |
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The conference of Irish Labour Youth passed a motion (no.
37) in support of the Venezuelan Revolution last Saturday, 27th October. The
motion also called on Labour Youth "to build links with the Irish branch
of the ‘Hands Off Venezuela Campaign’."
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 14 September 2007 |
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Britain's national Trades Union Congress (TUC) reaffirmed its
solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution at its annual conference
yesterday and backed Venezuela's decision not to renew the
public-broadcast licence of the private TV station RCTV .
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By Megan Hise in Maracay
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Saturday, 18 August 2007 |
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Megan Hise reports from Maracay on the latest attempt to destroy the struggle of the workers at Sanitarios Maracay for expropriation under workers' control.
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By Kiraz Janicke – Venezuelanalysis.com
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Saturday, 28 July 2007 |
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An excellent article explaining the current situation of Inveval, the Venezuelan valve factory producing under workers' control, where the workers are facing the problems of operating in a capitalist market but also the sabotage of the state bureaucracy.
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By Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
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Workers held protests outside the
SIDOR steel plant in Puerto Ordaz yesterday, demanding that the
government nationalize the company. Last Thursday, Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez had warned that he might nationalize the Argentinian-owned
company.
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By Gregory Wilpert – Venezuelanalysis.com
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Thursday, 03 May 2007 |
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Just as in previous years, two
Venezuelan union federations organized competing demonstrations in
support of the May 1 International Workers’ Day. While the
pro-government demonstration attracted more marchers, it appeared more
divided than the smaller anti-Chavez demonstration.
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By Corriente Marxista Revolucionaria - venezuela.elmilitante.org
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Friday, 15 December 2006 |
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One thousand people marched yesterday through the
main streets of Caracas, in what was the largest
demonstration in favour of the expropriation of an occupied factory that has
ever taken place in Venezuela.
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By Hands Off Venezuela delegation
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 |
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Hands Off Venezuela tours Sanitarios Maracay, a factory in Venezuela under workers control, to learn more about the revolutionary process taking place there, and to offer solidarity to the workers. An impressive video which gives a taste of workers' democracy in action and how this is linked to the Bolivarian revolution |
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By Marie Trigona - Venezuelanalysis.com
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Friday, 10 November 2006 |
In Venezuela it is
estimated that 1,200 business and factories have been abandoned by bosses and owners and there is a growing movement of factory occupations. Marie Trigona talks to
a representative of Venezuela's Co-managed and Occupied Factories
movement about its history and prospects.
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By Steven Mather - Venezuelanalysis.com
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Thursday, 26 October 2006 |
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Last weekend the Co-managed and Occupied Factories’ Worker’s
Revolutionary Front (Freteco) held its annual conference in Caracas.
They are a small but vocal and radical movement for worker’s control of
Venezuelan industry.
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By Steven Mather - Venezuelanalysis.com
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Wednesday, 25 October 2006 |
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Coca-Cola-Femsa workers in Venezuela have seized the factories where
they work and are preventing distribution trucks from leaving in a bid
to force the company to pay out agreed-upon compensation to ex-workers.
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By Kim Scipes
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Monday, 25 September 2006 |
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Just released! A meticulously researched examination of the role of the AFL-CIO in the April 2002 coup against the democratically-elected government of Hugo Chavez. In light of this information, labor activists in the U.S. and around the world should multiply the pressure on the AFL-CIO to end its ties with the NED and to pursue genuine worker to worker solidarity with the workers of Venezuela and the world. |
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By Jeremy Dear
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Thursday, 14 September 2006 |
This is a transcript of the intervention by Jeremy Dear (general secretary of the National Union of Journalists and co-president of Hands Off Venezuela) at the British Trade Union Congress 2006. He spoke on the need for solidarity with Venezuela and defended motion 73, advocating the setting up of a united campaign body sponsored by the TUC. This was known as the "unity motion", but there was opposition from other unions to this idea and the motion was remmitted to allow for further discussion. See also the text of motion 73.
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By National Union of Journalists
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Thursday, 14 September 2006 |
This is the text of the NUJ motion to the 2006 British Trade Union Congress. This was also known as the "unity motion" since it seeked to establish a TUC body to coordinate the work of the three existing solidarity campaigns in order to deliver more effective assistance to trade unions in Venezuela and further the solidarity work. The TUC General Council asked for the resolution to be remmitted.
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By Rodrigo Trompiz
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Thursday, 14 September 2006 |
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Hands Off Venezuela held a fringe meeting in Brighton for the TUC on the evening of Wednesday, September 13, which also included a screening of the documentary “Venezuela Today, the World Tomorrow?” |
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By Steven Mather - Venezuelanalysis.com
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Wednesday, 13 September 2006 |
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A largescale protest
last week by workers from the Sidor steelworks secured the release of
five of their co-workers after they were arrested by the National Guard
on charges of undue expropriation and seizure of plant machinery. The
protest, supported by the unions at the plant, partially closed down
the steelworks and brought the city of Puerto Ordaz, in Venezuela’s
Bolívar state to a standstill.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 12 September 2006 |
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More than 120 people packed the Latin America fringe meeting at the TUC on Monday, September 11, where a lively debate took place on the Venezuelan revolution, including such questions as workers’ control in the factories. |
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By Steve Mather – Venezuelanalysis.com
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Tuesday, 12 September 2006 |
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Under
the surface of the different factions or currents within the National Union of
Workers, a more dangerous quarrel is simmering away that could have
consequences for the government and its revolutionary credentials.
What is up for grabs is the meaning of XXI century Socialism and the
UNT’s role within it.
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By Hands Off Venezuela Belgium
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Monday, 14 August 2006 |
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Two union branches
affiliated to the Hands off Venezuela
campaign in the Belgian socialist union ABVV/FGTB succeeded in harnessing some
important support for a motion of solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela.
This motion also asked for the recognition of the new trade union movement UNT.
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By Paul Pollack - UpsideDownWorld.org
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Thursday, 13 July 2006 |
Another analysis of the recent congress of Venezuela's National Union of Workers and the debates in its recent national congress.
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By Chris Kraul - Los Angeles Times
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Wednesday, 12 July 2006 |
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Venezuela's government is using a 1936 Chaplin film to educate workers about their
rights. Employers are not applauding. We reproduce this article from the Los Angeles Times.
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By Jeremy Dear - www.handsoffvenezuela.org
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Thursday, 22 June 2006 |
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As reported earlier,
National Union of Journalists general secretary Jeremy Dear gave a
debriefing to solidarity activists, on Wednesday June 14 2006 at the union's
headquarters in London, of the first official TUC delegation to Venezuela. Apart from a transcipt of his speech, now we have a video of the event available too.
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By Jeremy Dear - www.handsoffvenezuela.org
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Saturday, 17 June 2006 |
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National Union of Journalists general secretary Jeremy Dear gave a
debriefing to solidarity activists, on Wednesday June 14 2006 at the union's
headquarters in London, of the first official TUC delegation to Venezuela.
This is the full text of his speech, which was followed by a question and
answer session.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 12 June 2006 |
Two weeks ago, the TUC sent its first official delegation to Venezuela, which met with President Chávez and trade union leaders, as well as other representatives of the country's social movements. Jeremy Dear, general secretary of the NUJ, was part of the delegation and will be reporting back at a meeting in London on Wednesday June 14th.
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By Andy Goodall - www.venezuelasolidarity.org.uk
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Tuesday, 06 June 2006 |
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Last week the second national UNT congress took place in Caracas. We reproduce this report from Andy Goodall from Venezuela Solidarity UK. We will have another report ready soon.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 26 May 2006 |
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Jeremy Dear, General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists and
member of the British Hands Off Venezuela steering committee, met with
President Chavez as part of a trade union delegation from Britain.
Jeremy discussed the campaign of disinformation in the mainstream media
abroad. We will report more on this next week together with reports of
the UNT conference taking place now. For now we link to two articles from Aporrea.org and a video where Jeremy is interviewed by state channel VTV.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 03 May 2006 |
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Three weeks ago, the Scottish passed a resolution pledging support with Venezuela. We are republishing it here.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Sunday, 19 March 2006 |
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A report on the first day of Luis Primo's West Coast tour.
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By Alex Holland – Venezuelanalysis.com
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Friday, 17 March 2006 |
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A newly created organization, the
Revolutionary Workers Front of Occupied and Co-Managed Companies
demonstrated for more government expropriations of idle factories today.
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By Darrall Cozens, Hands off Venezuela and NATFHE, West Midlands
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Tuesday, 14 March 2006 |
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Darrall Cozens, a member of NATFHE West Midlands Region and of the Hands
Off Venezuela Steering Committee spoke to a meeting of NATFHE Regional Council
Members on Saturday 4th February. Here we publish his speech.
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By Jorge Martín
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Thursday, 09 March 2006 |
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The early origins of International Women’s Day are closely linked to
the struggle of women textile workers. This year’s International
Women’s Day finds 240 textile workers, mainly women, occupying the
premises of the Sel-Fex company in Caracas. Their struggle is no longer
just a struggle against the bosses for concrete demands, but a struggle
to defend the Bolivarian revolution and to build a better future for
Venezuelan working women and all working people in general.
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By William Sanabria and Jorge Martín
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Thursday, 09 March 2006 |
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On Saturday, February 25th a meeting of representatives of the workers
in factories that have been expropriated or are occupied took place in
the premises of Inveval, in El Carrizal, not far from the Venezuelan
capital Caracas. Dozens of workers took part in the meeting, the main
aim of which was to set up a national Revolutionary Front of Occupied
Factories.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 10 February 2006 |
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The Amicus North West Regional Council decided to affiliate to the Hands Off Venezuela (HOV) campaign at its February monthly meeting. Great interest was shown for what is happening in Venezuela and a generous donation was made to HOV. |
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By Hands Off Venezuela, London
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
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Ruben Linares, UNT National Coordinator member, held an interview with Hassan Juma, president of the South Oil Basra Union, in London, on Tuesday 6th of December. Both trade unionists shared their experiences in their particular fights against US imperialism. |
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By Australian Council of Trade Unions
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Wednesday, 30 November 2005 |
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After the CFMEU trade union, now the Australian Council of Trade Unions also passed a resolution in solidarity with Venezuela. The resolution is broadly based on the ones passed earlier this year by a number of British trade unions and finally passed unanimously at the British Trades Union Congress (see Motion 79). We hope this resolution will spread even further throughout the Australian union movement. |
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By Jorge Martin in Caracas - www.handsoffvenezuela.org
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Tuesday, 08 November 2005 |
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More than 400 people from 235 worker occupied factories and 20 different national trade union centres participated in the “First Latin American Gathering of Worker Recovered Factories” in Caracas on October 27-29 This was truly a historical meeting, the first time that workers involved in factory occupations in different countries met to discuss their problems, share their experiences and draw political conclusions from their struggle. And such a meeting could only take place in revolutionary Venezuela where it had the support of Chavez’s Bolivarian government. |
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 01 November 2005 |
 The Construction and Energy division of the Australian Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union, passed a resolution in solidarity with Venezuela. The resolution is broadly based on the ones passed earlier this year by a number of British trade unions and finally passed unanimously at the British Trades Union Congress (see Motion 79). We hope this resolution will spread throughout the Australian union movement. |
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By Michael A. Lebowitz - MRZine
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Sunday, 30 October 2005 |
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Below is a talk that Michael A. Lebowitz gave at el Encuentro Nacional de Trabajadores Hacia la Recuperación de Empresas (the National Meeting of Workers for the Recovery of Enterprises), organized by la Unión Nacional de Trabajadores (UNT, the National Union of Workers) in Caracas, Venezuela, 22 October 2005. The meeting was preparatory to el Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano de Empresas Recuperadas por los Trabajadores (the 1st Latin American Gathering of Companies Recovered by the Workers), to be held in Caracas on 27-29 October 2005. |
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Monday, 24 October 2005 |
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Workers' representatives and trade union activists from around the country met in Caracas on October 21-22, in the National Gathering of Workers towards the Recovery of Companies. The main aim of this meeting, called by Venezuela’s National Workers’ Union (UNT), was to bring together workers involved in experiences of factory occupations and different forms of workers’ management. |
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Monday, 24 October 2005 |
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Durante dos días, 21 y 22 de octubre, representantes obreros y activistas sindicales de todo el país se reunieron en Caracas en el Encuentro Nacional de Trabajadores hacia la Recuperación de Empresas. El objetivo principal de esta reunión, convocada por la Unión Nacional de Trabajadores de Venezuela (UNT), fue reunir a los trabajadores implicados en experiencias de ocupaciones de fábricas y en diferentes formas de gestión obrera. |
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Sunday, 23 October 2005 |
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At the beginning of 2005, president Chávez nominated Carlos Lanz a head of the nationalized aluminium company, Alcasa. From his arrival at the head of the company he began a process of “co-management” which has made this company a political symbol and this experience a national test. We interviewed a member of Lanz’s team, Rafael Rodriguez. |
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Monday, 17 October 2005 |
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Marcela Maspero of the pro-Chavez union federation UNT and José Gregorio Villarroel of the Labor Ministry explain to Green Left Weekly's Frederico Fuentes how they see the recent intensification of expropriations of idle land and businesses. |
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
 On Thursday October 6, the Congress of the Workers Commissions (CCOO) branch in Navantia - Ferrol - Galicia (previously Izar, shipyard), unanimously passed the following resolution in solidarity with the Venezuelan Revolution. The resolution was moved by delegates belonging to the critical sector of CCOO. |
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