Venezuelan Trade Unionist Tour - YFISers needed to help out!

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This is an initial announcement with the following confirmed dates and
locations. Further details, times, places, sponsors, and down-loadable
flyers to follow. For more information or to endorse this important tour,
please call 415-786-1680 or email sfbay@ushov.org. <sfbay@ushov.org>

· *Saturday, March 18: San Francisco, CA *
Afternoon event: Luis Primo will be speaking at the anti-war demo.

· *Sunday, March 19: Portland, OR*
7:00 pm: Carpenters Union Hall
(2215 N. Lombard St. in Portland)

· *Monday, March 20:* *Olympia, WA*
Afternoon event: time and place to be announced.

· *Monday, March 20: Seattle, WA*
Evening event: time and place to be announced.

· *Tuesday, March 21: Vancouver, BC
*Evening event: time and place to be announced.

· *Wednesday, March 22: Berkeley, CA
*1:00 to 3:00 pm: University of California Berkeley, meeting room to be
announced.

· *Thursday, March 23: Tucson, AZ
*Evening event: time and place to be announced.

· *Saturday, March 25: San Jose, CA*
12:00 noon: screening of "Venezuela Bolivariana"
1:30 pm: Luis Primo speaks
Both events to be held at SEIU 715 Hall (2302 Zanker Rd. in San Jose)

· *Saturday, March 25: San Francisco, CA*
7:00 pm: ILWU Local 34 Hall
(4 Berry St. in San Francisco - located next door to SBC Park. Take MUNI N
line toward SBC Park)

Luis Primo is a member of the Expanded National Coordinating Committee of
the UNT, and Regional UNT Coordinator for Caracas-Miranda. He was also
General Secretary of the Caracas Metro Workers' Union (SINTRAMECA) from 1990
to 1997.

His visit is the first major West Coast tour of a leader of the Venezuelan
UNT. We hope it will be the first of many exchanges between Venezuelan and
American trade unionists. To make this possible, the Hands Off Venezuela
Campaign has launched a fund raising drive to cover the many expenses of the
tour. Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated and can be sent to:

*HOV*
*4579 18th St.*
*San Francisco, CA 94114*

Donations can also be made online by clicking here:
(http://www.ushov.org/content/view/16/27/)<http://www.ushov.org/content/view/16/27/>

Volunteers are also needed to help organize and prepare for these events.
Contact us if you are able help out in any way. Letters of support or
endorsements of the tour are also appreciated and can be sent to
sfbay@ushov.org.

*Partial List of Endorsers*

· Dolores Huerta

· San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO)

· South Bay Labor Council (AFL-CIO)

· Contra Costa Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO)

· Vanguard Public Foundation

· *San Francisco Bay View* National Black Newspaper

· Alan Benjamin, Executive Board, SF Labor Council, Co-coordinator
Open
World Conference

· Fred Hirsch, Vice President of Plumbers and Fitters Local 393, San
Jose
California

· Gloria LaRiva, President, Local 39521 Media Workers Sector/CWA*

· Louie Rocha, President CWA Local 9423*

· Global Exchange

· Chris Gilbert and Karen Bennett, MATRIX Program*, UC Berkeley Art
Museum*

· Dorinda Moreno, Hitec Aztec Communications, Santa Maria, CA. Cesar
Chavez Lifetime Achievement Legacy Award, 2003

· National Network on Cuba

· Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives

· Todd Chretien, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, California

· Peace and Freedom Party

* For identification purposes only

For more information, please call 415-786-1680 or email sfbay@ushov.org

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