20th Workers’ Congress next February

Freddy Pérez Cabrera

SANTA Clara.—The Cuban Workers Federation (CTC) 20th Congress is scheduled for Havana, from February 20-22, 2014, according to Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, member of its Central Committee and president of the organizing committee for the Congress, who was participating in the central Villa Clara Provincial Conference.

The CTC leader stated that the Congress will focus on the discussion of a number of issues related to the role of the workers movement in implementation of the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution Guidelines, approved by the 6th Congress of the Communist Party, in particular their economic aspects.

Increasing productivity, production, the quality of services and the leading role of the working class in the representation and defense of workers’ rights are other topics for discussion in the national meeting.

The Villa Clara conference, attended by Council of State Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa, precisely focused on the Congress agenda.

In a discussion with delegates, Valdés Mesa insisted on the need to guarantee a strong workers movement, capable of confronting together with administrative bodies actions which conspire against increased productivity and meeting target plans.

In this context, delegate Catalina Pérez Sosa, from the 20 de Diciembre cattle cooperative, in the Villa Clara municipality of Remedios, emphasized the imperative of defying obstacles which halt the development of the productive forces, such as criminal acts related to livestock and other harmful phenomena which prevent more rapid advances. Manuel Delgado, a representative of non-state transportation workers, affirmed that this sector favors contributing to and defending the achievements of the Revolution, not to detaining their march.