Tour Calendar for Luis Primo (UNT) West Coast Tour

Confirmed Cities / Dates for the West Coast Tour of Venezuelan Trade Union Leader Luis Primo (Coordinator for the UNT)

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This is an initial announcement with the following confirmed dates and locations. Further details, times, places, sponsors, and down-loadable flyers to follow. For more information or to endorse this important tour, please call 415-786-1680 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

· Saturday, March 18: San Francisco, CA
Afternoon event: Luis Primo will be speaking at the anti-war demo.

· Sunday, March 19: Portland, OR
7:00 pm: Carpenters Union Hall
(2215 N. Lombard St. in Portland)

· Monday, March 20: Olympia, WA
Afternoon event: time and place to be announced.

· Monday, March 20: Seattle, WA
Evening event: time and place to be announced.

· Tuesday, March 21: Vancouver, BC
Evening event: time and place to be announced.

· Wednesday, March 22: Berkeley, CA
1:00 to 3:00 pm: University of California Berkeley. 3335 Dwinelle Hall (office wing, level C) For more info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

      · Thursday, March 23: Tucson, AZ
            6 pm: Venezuela Teach-in and Potluck at First Christian Church
            (Euclid and Speedway)

· Saturday, March 25: San Jose, CA
12:00 noon: screening of "Venezuela Bolivariana"
1:30 pm: Luis Primo speaks
Both events to be held at SEIU 715 Hall (2302 Zanker Rd. in San Jose)

· Saturday, March 25: San Francisco, CA
7:00 pm: ILWU Local 34 Hall
(4 Berry St. in San Francisco - located next door to SBC Park. Take MUNI N line toward SBC Park)

Luis Primo is a member of the Expanded National Coordinating Committee of the UNT, and Regional UNT Coordinator for Caracas-Miranda. He was also General Secretary of the Caracas Metro Workers' Union (SINTRAMECA) from 1990 to 1997.

His visit is the first major West Coast tour of a leader of the Venezuelan UNT. We hope it will be the first of many exchanges between Venezuelan and American trade unionists. To make this possible, the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign has launched a fund raising drive to cover the many expenses of the tour. Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated and can be sent to:

HOV
4579 18th St.
San Francisco, CA 94114

Donations can also be made online by clicking here: (http://www.ushov.org/content/view/16/27/)

Volunteers are also needed to help organize and prepare for these events. Contact us if you are able help out in any way. Letters of support or endorsements of the tour are also appreciated and can be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Partial List of Endorsers (the most updated list is available by clicking here )

· Dolores Huerta

· San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO)

· South Bay Labor Council (AFL-CIO)

· Contra Costa Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO)

· Canadian Union of Postal Workers

· Vanguard Public Foundation

· San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper

· Alan Benjamin, Executive Board, SF Labor Council, Co-coordinator Open World Conference

· Fred Hirsch, Vice President of Plumbers and Fitters Local 393, San Jose, California

· Gloria LaRiva, President, Local 39521 Media Workers Sector/CWA*

· Louie Rocha, President, CWA, Local 9423*

· Global Exchange

· Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas

· Chris Gilbert and Karen Bennett, MATRIX Program*, UC Berkeley Art Museum*

· Dorinda Moreno, Hitec Aztec Communications, Santa Maria, CA. Cesar Chavez Lifetime 
  Achievement Legacy Award, 2003

· National Network on Cuba

· Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives

· Todd Chretien, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, California

· Peace and Freedom Party

· International Socialist Organization

· Roland Sheppard, Retired Business Agent, International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, Local 4

· Labor Video Project

· Socialist Action

· ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) Coalition

· Workers International League (WIL)

· Youth for International Socialism (YFIS)

· Louise Auerhahn, Member, South Bay Mobilization

· Socialist Organizer

· International Liaison Committee (ILC

· Wellred Books

* For identification purposes only

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