Unions

Thousands of Venezuelan workers took to the streets of Caracas on Tuesday, November 9^th, demanding greater participation in their country’s nascent socialist economy. Carrying banners that read, “Neither Capital nor Bureaucrats – More Socialism and More Revolution,” thousands of workers, union representatives, members of leftist political parties and other popular organizations took their demands to the Ministry of Communes and Social Protection, the National Assembly and the offices of the Vice Presidency.

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A sharp analysis of some of the mistakes already made that need correcting and the pitfalls the Bolivarian Revolution must avoid if it is to remain on track to twenty-first century socialism

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Venezuela’s principal trade union federation, the National Union of Workers (UNT), held the first session of its 1st Extraordinary Congress on December 5. The aim of the extraordinary congress is to re-found the federation since its 2006 congress collapsed in disarray as a result of factional infighting.

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Yesterday the United Federation of Venezuelan Oil Workers (FUTPV), which represents a majority of PDVSA workers, held its first leadership body elections. The platform supported by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Platform 7, won the elections with 54.27% of the vote.

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The Venezuelan government announced it will mediate a labor conflict at a Mitsubishi plant in Anzoategui state. The managment closed the plant indefinitely on Monday, citing labor unrest and low productivity, while workers protested against unhealthy labor conditions, and the Venezuelan Labor Inspectorate ruled the closure illegal.

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On 14 July Venezuela's Energy Minister and head of the state-owned oil company PDVSA, Rafael Ramirez made a series of remarks in the lead up to elections for the national leadership of the United Federation of Venezuelan Oil Workers (FUTPV), that have stirred up controversy among oil workers.

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Lizardi Prada is a homemaker, the founder and general coordinator of Venezuela's first Homemakers Union, and an elected municipal council member in the city of Merida. In this interview with Venezuelanalysis.com, Prada gives unique insight into the fight for women's rights in the Venezuelan context. Prada speaks about the union's creation and day-to-day functioning, it's agenda for homemakers' rights, it's relationship to the Catholic Church, the role of class, the balance between autonomy from and support for the government, men's and women's reactions to the union, and abortion.

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