We appeal to all organizations, for manual and intellectual workers, as well as to all revolutionary organizations to support these comrades and demand that this state musical institution follow policies in agreement with the revolutionary policies as stated by President Chavez, who has insisted that the Bolivarian government cannot accept any attacks on workers’ rights.
See also the Model resolution in Spanish
Model Resolution:
We the undersigned express our solidarity with the workers of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, and in particular with those workers organized in their union, SUMTRAFOFN. Faced with the fact that several members of the Board of Directors of the FOFN, particularly its President Jaime Martinez, do not recognize the legally constituted union and have announced a number of measures against the members and leaders of the union and against acquired rights of the workers, we demand:
1) No changes in the structures of the FOFN without the participation of its workers. Immediate negotiation of the collective bargaining agreement as presented by SUMTRAFOFN.
2) No attacks on the acquired rights and conditions of the workers of the FOFN: the revolution will advance with the workers, never against them.
3) Recognition of SUMTRAFOFN as a genuine representative of FOFN workers. No measures against its elected leading members.
4) Stop all attacks against Alba Quintanilla, Egon Albrecht and Hermann Albrecht.
5) Recognition of Hermann Albrecht as the democratically elected Labour Director of the FOFN.
6) The Ministry of Labour must intervene and ensure respect for trade union rights in the FOFN.
Send messages of protest to:
Orquesta Filarmónica
ofilarmonica@gmail.com, ofilarmonica@cantv.net
Ministerio de la Cultura
Fax: 58-212-4829879 / 58-212-4820685
CONAC
presidencia@conac.gov.ve, directorgeneral@conac.gov.ve, directorio@conac.gov.ve, asisdirgen@conac.gov.ve, musica@conac.gov.ve, consul_juridica@conac.gov.ve
MinTra
dgtrabajo@mintra.gov.ve, despachoministerio@mintra.gov.ve, despachovice@mintra.gov.ve
Presidencia
mensajes@alopresidente.com.ve
Vicepresidencia
ciudadano@vicepresidencia.gov.ve
All with BCC copy to sumtrafofn@yahoo.es and venezuela@elmilitante.org