Click here for background [1]; and here for campaign in France [2]; and here for wider international support [3]. Please email news of any branches passing this motion to solidaritosconchirino@yahoo.com [4].

This union notes:

The sacking of Orlando Chirino, coordinator of the UNT union federation in Venezuela and an elected official in the oil industry union Sinutrapetrol, from his job in the state-owned oil company PDVSA.

The widespread support for Chirino’s reinstatement from labour movement bodies in Venezuela, Latin America and across the globe.

This union resolves:

To write to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and the Ministry of Labour calling for the reinstatement of Orlando Chirino, and for trade union rights and independence to be respected.

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Contact details:

The Venezuelan embassy in London
1 Cromwell Road, London SW7 2HW
info@venezlon.co.uk

The consulate in London
56 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL
consulado@venezlon.co.uk

HUGO CHAVÉZ FRIAS
Address: Palacio de Miraflores Av. Urdaneta, Caracas.

Ministry of People's Power for Labor and Social Security
Address: Esquina de Tienda Honda, Edf. Las Mercedes, piso 6, Caracas