International Labor Speaking Tour -- Mar 26

Teamster’s Union Hall

2731 “B” St.
San Diego, CA 92102
SAN DIEGO, CA


Friday, March 26
6-8 pm


INTERNATIONAL LABOR SPEAKING TOUR | GIRA INTERNACIONAL DE SINDICATOS

TOWARDS WORKING CLASS & CONTINENTAL UNITY! | ¡HACIA LA UNIDAD CONTINENTAL DE LA CLASE OBRERA!

Unión del Barrio and the International Action Center have joined efforts with the Detroit-based U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange and the World Federation of Trade Unions to host a national tour of Latin American labor leaders representing nations of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), to Southern California.

Unión del Barrio y el Centro de Acción Internacional han unido esfuerzos con las siguientes organizaciones; Intercambio Laboral EEUU/Cuba basados en la ciudad de Detroit y la Federación Mundial de Sindicatos, para servir como anfitriones a la visita de representantes de sindicatos de países que integran La Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA). Estos representates de sindicatos harán una gira al sur de California como parte de una gira en Estdos Unidos.

With a growing economic crisis, the U.S. empire is waging an even larger scale war on the world’s poor to keep capitalism afloat, while eliminating many essential services making it more expensive and practically unaffordable to obtain healthcare, education, housing, and even making it a crime to work if you’re an undocumented worker in the U.S. For this reason, Unión del Barrio and the International Action Center have joined efforts with the Detroit based U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange and the World Federation of Trade Unions to host a national tour of Latin American labor leaders from Cuba, Peru and Costa Rica to Southern California.

One of the central themes in this tour is the role of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), an alliance of Latin American countries that have moved towards continental unity with the goal of freeing themselves from the domination of U.S. and European imperialist policies that have held back their economic development for several centuries. Already, the ALBA nations have initiated popular literacy campaigns; free health care programs aimed at the poorest communities, and have made substantial improvements in working conditions as well as raised wages for the working class. These measures, and more to come, have only been made possible by breaking with the “neo-liberal” policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and creating a Regional Block of Power and alternative Economic Institutions such as the Bank of the South.

Join us to welcome the following international guests:

Gilda Chacon Bravo, Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC)-CUBA

Ronal Quesada Zamora, Unión Nacional de Empleados de la Caja y la Seguridad Social (UNDECA)- COSTA RICA

Efrain Valentín Yepez Concha, Central General de Trabajadores de Peru (CGTP) - PERU

FORUM & DISCUSSION | FORO Y DIALOGO

3 STOPS IN SO. CALIFORNIA | 3 REUNIONES EN EL SUR DE CALIFORNIA

SAN DIEGO, CA | Friday, March 26 | 6-8 pm

Teamster’s Union Hall | 2731 “B” St. | San Diego, CA 92102

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LOS ANGELES, CA | Saturday, March 27th

UTLA Union Hall | 3303 Wilshire Blvd. | Los Angeles, CA 90011 | 6-8pm

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LOS ANGELES, CA | Saturday, March 27th

SEIU Local 721 | 500 S. Virgil Ave Los Angeles, CA | 1 pm-4pm

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