The organization is the object of criticism from members who demand the improvement of trade union activities and action in the face of successive changes in the country’s labor scene, Guilarte acknowledged when presiding over the 22nd Congress Conference in this city.

According to Guilarte, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), a recomposition of employment in Cuba has been generated from the diversification of non-state management forms.

Today, more than 13 percent of the country’s economically active population works in medium and small businesses, non-agricultural cooperatives and are self-employed workers, along with the socialist state enterprise, he added.

The leadership of the unions must guarantee the constitutional rights and those granted by the Labor Code that will be subject to changes in the present, he added.

The delegates attending the meeting debated productive efficiency, the effectiveness of services, the fight against crime and the granting of honorary titles that do not honor the magnitude of the heroism of humble men and women.

Yamilé Ramos, a member of the PCC Central Committee and first secretary of the political organization in Pinar del Río, criticized the lack of attention to retired people who in various times faced obstacles and wove history.

Unity is today our most strategic weapon, the leader pointed out.

Participants elected the new provincial committee and ratified Rubén Lloga as the CTC general secretary in the province.

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