Athens, July, 22th , 2021
The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) organized an International Virtual Conference in Solidarity with Cuba on July 22nd, 2021 with the participation of more than 120 leaders of trade unions from 43 countries of the 5 continents.
The conference began with the words of the president of the WFTU Mzwandile Michael Makwayiba, of the National Education Health & Allied Workers ’Union (NEHAWU) South Africa; then the words of the Vice President of the WFTU and general secretary of the Cuban Workers Central (CTC), Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento; then a brief greeting from the Cuban ambassador in Athens Zelmys Maria Dominguez Cortina and later the words of the general secretary of the WFTU George Mavrikus.
More than 41 delegates addressed the conference from Cuba, South Africa, India, USA, Peru, Cyprus, Brazil, Palestine, Turkey, Italy, Nepal, Spanish State, Argentina, Mexico, Basque Country, Greece, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, South Korea, Paraguay, Guinea, Romania, Nicaragua, Senegal, Panama, Lugansk, Angola and expressed their solidarity with the Cuban people and the heroic CTC.
The conference on behalf of the 105 million members of the world class-oriented trade union movement, demanded an immediate stop to the imperialist attack against the island of revolution and the unconditional lifting of the blockade and of economic sanctions against Cuba. The conference adopted a solidarity resolution and called upon the working class all over the world to spread it out to their countries and to take action and actively support these just demands.
The Secretariat
