What should “Bolivarian” unionism look like?
On Friday May 26, 2006 the delegates at the Congress separated into five work groups to resolve the following questions: Declaration of Principles and Type of Federation that we want 2) the Reform of Federation Statutes 3) Plan and Program of Struggle 4) the working class organizing plan for President Chavez’s Re-election and 5) The UNT Electoral Process. Supporters of the Unified, Classist*, Revolutionary and Autonomous Current (C-CURA en Español), led by Orlando Chirino (click here for an April 2006 English language w/ Chirino) and Stalín Perez Borges, loaded the electoral table and pressed for September elections. The Bolivarian Workers Front (FBT), with its ties to the Chavez-government and ex-FBT leader of Marcela Máspero and Franklin Rondón–a public sector union leader–supported a proposal to hold elections before April 2007. Ostensibly, their efforts are bureaucratic moves to delay what is perceived to be a likely electoral victory for Orlando Chirino. On May 27th when the wor
