On his Twitter account, the head of State noted that the date commemorates the day when revolutionary leader Antonio Guiteras (1906-1935) signed the intervention of the misnamed Cuban Electricity Company in 1934.

On the same social network, National People’s Power Assembly President Esteban Lazo sent congratulations to the workers in the electricity sector and recognized “their daily dedication, especially their altruistic work after the damage caused by meteorological phenomena and in the face of the national power generation situation.”

For his part, Deputy Prime Minister Ines Maria Chapman highlighted the work of the union and recognized its “constant work, unlimited dedication, self-sacrifice and commitment.” jg/mem/mks