Cuba report: Defenseless Workers

Regional - Europe

Cuban workers are virtually defenseless.

The reason is that the labour law offices in Cuban work centres, which are supposed to defend worker"s rights, are but an extended arm of the government and the Communist Party.I had a chance to see it in real life when I visited "La taverna", the only bar-restaurant in the neighbourhood of Jaimanitas (it is located at the intersection of the Fifth Avenue and the cross created by the 232 and 234 streets, i.e., by all means the most central point of the...

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