Open
World Conference of Workers
In Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights
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Note:
Following is the revised first list of international participants in the Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union Independence and Democratic Rights, which will be held in San Francisco on Feb. 11-14, 2000. This list is still incomplete. The delegations from numerous countries have yet to send in their final delegate lists. Among the countries that will be sending delegations (and that are not listed below) are the following:
Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Ecuador, Uruguay, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Finland
GERMANY:
Udo Eisner, Health sector, former municipal city councillor (SPD) East Berlin
Elke Falk, trade unionist, ·TV (hospital sector), Berlin
Karlheinz Gerhold, trade unionist, ·TV, Executive Board AfA-SPD in
Halle and the Land of Saxe-Anhalt
Heinz Werner Schuster, trade unionist ·TV, Executive Board AfA/SPD in
DÄsseldorf
Horst Raupp, President, DGB Unterzent
Michael Altmann, Steward ·TV, Executive Board AfA/SPD in Land of Hesse
Carla BoulboullÚ, Editorial board, SOPODE, former SPD Deputy, Land NRW
Tina Hauptmann, HBV, city councillor (SPD)
BELGIUM:
Olivier Horman, Trade unionist, public service sector
SPAIN:
Aracelia Ortiz, Executive committee member, Workers' Commission (CCOO)
José Miguel Villa, Executive committee member, General Union of Workers
(UGT)
Representative of the POSI
Alfredo Cobo De La Hera, Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu Jamal/UGT
GREAT BRITAIN:
Ken Cameron, General Secretary, Fire Brigades Union (FBU)
Mick Rix, General Secretary, Union of Travel Agents (ASLEF)
John Hillon, National Executive, Bakers Union (BFAWU)
Tony Nelson, trade unionist, Liverpool dockers
Steve Donelly, Secretary, Shop Steward Committee, Delco (Liverpool)
John Hendy, QC, Reclaim Our Rights, Labor attorney (for the families
of the Paddington victims)
Stefan Cholewka, Member of the Labour Party, editor of The Link
Jean-Pierre Barrois, University professor, International Liaison
Committee for a Workers' International
Marc Billaudel
Doreen McNally, Secretary, Women of the Waterfront, Liverpool Dockers
Pending confirmation:
Arthur Scargill, General Secretary, Miners Union
Martha Osamor, Member of the Labour Party, Race Relations Committee
of the Trade Union Congres
CUBA:
AgustinLopez Gomez, International Relations Department, Cuban Workers
Central (CTC)
Jorge Vals, President, Partido Social Revolucionario Democratico de
Cuba (PSRDC)
Roberto Simeon, General Secretary, PSRDC
Jorge Garcia, West Coast representative, PSRDC
ITALY:
Lorenzo Varaldo, organizer, UIL teachers Union
PERU:
Juan JosÚ Goritti, General Secretary, CGT-P
German Vasquez, trade unionist, Lambayeque
Erwin Salazar, General Secretaryy, CGTP-Lambayeque; Workers Party-Peru
Eddy Vadim, General Secretary, SUTEP-Chimbote
Carlos Aquilar Guzman, former General Secretary, SIDERPERU (steel
workers union)
Raul Carmona Pechiot, General Secretary, Union of NestlÚ
Workers-Chicalayo, Peru
PORTUGAL:
Aires Rodrigues, trade unionist, former deputy, Constituent Assembly
ROMANIA:
Constantin Cretan, Miners' Union
Marian Tudor, Chemical Union
RUSSIA:
Dimitri Lobok, vice-chair, Leningrad Workers' Council, Dept. Chair,
"Theory and Practice of Trade Union Work," St.Petersburg Trade Union
Humanitarian University
Tamara Vedernikova, member, Leningrad Workers' Council, Chair, Trade
Union Committee, Color Printing Industrial Complex in St.Petersburg
Denmark:
Per Sorensen, Trade unionist
SWEDEN:
Eva Pauli-Arkemo,
Bjôrn A. Borg, Representative, Swedish Dock Workers Union
Annika Gyllfors (healthcare worker)
SWITZERLAND:
Luc Delay, trade unionist, public services sector
Lola Rens, trade unionist, public services sector
One other delegate-name to be provided
SLOVAKIA
Milan Sidor, Trade unionist
CZECH REPUBLIC:
Ivan MŸller, Trade unionist, university sector
YUGOSLAVIA:
Pending confirmation:
Jacim Milunovic, Union of Cacak Hotel and Food Workers
Pavlusko Imsirovic, trade unionist
IRAN:
Reza Mansouri, Representative, Workers Council of Iran (exiled)
FRANCE: (* for id only)
Claude Fortin, trade unionist, press sector
Gérard Letriguilly, trade unionist, CGT press
Bernard Goursaud, Vice-president, MODEF (small farmers organization) *
Jean-Charles Marquiset, trade unionist CGT, editor, "Communist
Resistance" bulletin
François Chaintron, National Secretary, National Federation of
Education and Culture (FNEC) *
Christian Eyschen, General Secretary, Libre Pensée
Philippe Besson, National leadership, Libre Pensée
Joachim Salamero, Executive Commission, CGT-FO*
Jean-Paul Neau, General Secretary, CGT-FO/Maine-et-Loire *
Patrick Hébert, General Secretary, CGT-FO/Loire-Atlantique *
Jacques Girod, General Secretary, Union of Press Workers, CGT-FO (Paris)*
Daniel Gluckstein National Secretary, Workers Party and Coordinator, ILC
Olivier Doriane, Workers Party
Marc Hébert, General Secretary, CGT-FO, Finistère*
Pierre Lambert, Workers Party
Dan Moutot, Workers Party
Patrice Sifflet, trade unionist
Michèle Simonnin, General Secretary, National Federation of Regional
and Departmental Public Service Workers Unions, CGT-FO*
Marie-Edmonde Brunet, General Secretary, National Union of High
School and College Workers, CGT-FO (SNFOLC)
Louisa Jan, trade unionist, CGT
Nicole Lochouarn, trade unionist, CGT
SOUTH AFRICA/AZANIA:
Lybon Mabasa, President, Socialist Party of Azania
Patric Mkhize, General Secretary, Azanian Workers Union
Philipine Makoma, Coordinator, Women's Commission, SOPA
ALGERIA:
Pending confirmation:
Amar Takdjout, Executive Committee, Textile and Leather Division,
General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA)
Sadek Mechti, General Secretary, National Federation of Social
Security Workers, UGTA
Khelifa Grimes, UGTA
Nouredine Bouderba, General Secretary, Petroleum Workers Union, ENGT
Louisa Hanoune, Spokesperson, Workers Party
BENIN:
Gaston Azoua, General Secretary, CSTB
BURKINA FASO:
Tolé Sagnon, General Secretary, CGT-B
BURUNDI:
Paul Nkunzimana, President, Executive Committee, STUB
CAMEROON:
Beno”t Essiga, General Secretary, CSTC
CENTRAL AFRICA:
Patrice Zakaria, General Secretary, SNESCASU
COMORES:
Ibouroi Ali, General Secretary, USTC
COTE D'IVOIRE (Ivory Coast):
Marcel Ette, General Secretary, FESACI
Franois Yao, General Secretary, SYNASEG
Flan Zran-Senan, General Deputy Secretary, SYNASEG
GABON:
Jean-Pierre Omanda, Executive Committee, CGSL
GHANA:
Kwesi Pratt Jr, Vice President, Peoples Convention
GUINEA CONAKRY:
Ibrahim Fofana, General Secretary, USTG
MADAGASCAR:
Robert Ramandrisoa, General Deputy Secretary, SEMPIMA
NIGER:
Garo Gado, Executive Committee, USTN
RWANDA:
J.-M.V. Nzabakurana, human rights activist
SENEGAL:
Dr. Iba Ndiaye Diadji, General Secretary, CSA
CHAD:
Gami N'Garmadjal, General Secretary, SET
TOGO:
Norbert Tétévi Gbikpi-Bénissan, General Secretary, UNSIT
Claude Améganvi, spokesperson, Workers Party
BANGLADESH:
Tafazzul Hussain, President, Bangladesh National Workers Federation
Fazlul Hoque Ripon, International Relations Secretary (BJSF)
Iqbal Majumder, General Secretary, BJSF
CHINA:
Cai Chongguo, representative, China Labour Bulletin
Liu Qing, human rights activist
Liu Nianchun, human rights activist
KOREA:
Serafina, Trade unionist
INDIA:
Nambiath Vasudevan, General Secretary, Union of Blue Star Workers (Bombay)
Prof. Babu Mathew Nagarbhavi, (Bangalore)
Tarakeshwar Chakravarti, General Secretary, All India Bank Employees
Association (Calcutta)
Hariharan Mahadevan, Deputy General Secretary, All India Trade Union
Confederation (Delhi)
INDONESIA:
Rekson Silaban, International Relations Secretary, SBSI
PAKISTAN:
Gulzar Ahmad Chaudry, General Secretary, All Pakistan Trade Union Federation
Rubina Jamil, President, APTUF; chair Working Women's Organization
Nasir Gulzar, President, Organization of Progressive Youth
SRI LANKA:
Anton Marcus, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union
Sampath Predeep Vithanage, Representative, Association of Workers of the
Free Trade Zones
Vasudeva Nanayakara, member of Parliament
VIETNAM:
Nguyen Binh, Representative, Committee for the Defense of Workers Rights
BRAZIL:
Julio Turra, National Executive Committee, CUT (Unified Workers Federation)
Renato Simoes, Deputy, Sao Paolo State (PT/Workers Party)
Ivo Jose, Deputy, Minas Gerais, PT
Jose Dirceu de Oliveira, President, Workers Party of Brazil (PT)
Antonio Carlos Spis, Executive Committee, CUT
Jorge Luiz Martins, National Secretary for Union Politics, CUT
Nadia Raad Moreno, leader, Petroleum Workers Union-Rio de Janeiro
(Sindipetro)
José Carlos Oliveira Costa, leader, Union of Professors, ABC (Sao Paulo)
Paulo Ostrosky, leader, Union of Professors, ABC (Sao Paulo)
Edison Cardoni, member of the Brasilia leadership, Workers Party
Laercio Damaceno Barbosa, member of the Rio Grande do Sul leadership,
Workers Party
Maristela Maffei, Municipal Councillor, Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), PT
Joao Clair Pereira, leader, Electrical Workers Union (Rio Grande do Sul)
Darci Juarez de Campos, Graphic Workers Union (Rio Grande do Sul)
Lourival Pereira, President, Union of Administrative Workers (Sagers) (Rio
Grande do Sul)
Juarez Pinheiro, Municipal Councillor, PT, Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)
Bia Pardi, member of the Workers Party leadership Sao Paulo
Teresa Lajolo, Representative, ILC-Brazil
Roque Ferreira, National Workers Federation
José Gomez, Forum in Defense of the ILO Conventions (Rio G. do Sul)
Milton Barbosa, MNU (Black Unified Movement)Luis. Eduardo Greenhalgh, National Executive Committee, PT, Alternate Federal Deputy, SP
GUADELOUPE:
Clavier Gaby, General Secretary, UGTG trade union federation
Patrick Gustave, leader, Union of Peasants
HAITI:
Ronald Saint-Jean, International Relations Secretary, CGT-H
MARTINIQUE:
Jacqueline Petitot, Editor, Alliance ouvrière et paysanne
VENEZUELA:
Pablo Medina, General Secretary, PPT, member of the Constituent Assembly
Nicolas Maduro, Executive Committee, Metro Workers Union, Member 5th
Republic Movement, Constituent Assembly
Giuseppe Raspa, Executive Committee, Constituent Front of Workers of Zulia
Froilan Barrios, Executive Committee, Constituent Front of Workers of
Zulia, Member of the Constituent Assembly
Jacobo Torres, Executive Committee, National Workers Front
(List of delegates from Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Ecuador, Uruguay, Hungary, Ireland, and Turkey is forthcoming. In addition, the list of delegates from the countries above is expanding by the day as more people get visa approvals.)