INTERNATIONAL

VISITORS

TO REGION

This month the Regional International forum heard visitors from Venezuela and the Philipines.

Eglé Sanchez Elias Rodriguez from the Venezuelan print workers union (accompanied by Francisco Dominguez of the Venezuela Solidarity campaign) gave a report on the progress being made by the Bolivarian revolution .

Edre Olalia a peoples lawyer in the Philipines and Andy Whitmore from the campaign for human rights in the Philipines spoke of the dangers faced by trade unionists and socail activists (in what is the second most dangerous place in the world for trade unionists)

Both campaigns urged all branches to affililate to their respective organisations.

you can affiliate to the VSC at http://www.vicuk.org/

and the CHRP at http://www.chrp.org.uk/

The Regional Centre later hosted a Birmingham VSC meeting