An essential tribute for the 30th anniversary of the Tourism Union.
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It will be a moment to honor union leaders and workers, key players in ensuring revenue and the export of services in a territory like this, key to the island’s leisure infrastructure, which has its largest hotel infrastructure here.
Maden is one of the founders of the National Union of Hotel and Tourism Workers (SNTHT) in Varadero.
Just a few days before the 30th anniversary of the founding of the National Union of Hotel and Tourism Workers (SNTHT), which emerged on October 28th, 1995, Matanzas is finalizing the details to celebrate «as such a significant date deserves,» said Yarisleydis Torriente, the organization’s general secretary in the province.
The tribute to the still-active founders, blood donations, productive work, the presentation of awards, recognitions, and the celebration of union leaders and best workers are highlights of the program of activities, Torriente specified.
She announced that it will be a time to celebrate union leaders and workers, who are key players in ensuring revenue and the export of services in a territory like this, key to the island’s leisure infrastructure, which has its largest hotel infrastructure here.
Arnaldo is a leading union leader, and as a reward for his performance, he will attend the final sessions of the CTC Congress for the seventh time, the highest gathering for Cuban workers, scheduled for 2026.
«Matanzas will welcome the event with several groups in the Vanguardia nacional category, hotels such as the Royalton Hicacos, Sol Palmeras, Iberostar Selection Varadero, Meliá Las Américas, Meliá Varadero, Starfish Cuatro Palmas, and Club Tropical, today mark the performance in Cuba’s leading sun and beach destination.»
Torriente called for rewarding men and women at the grassroots level, where union activity truly takes place, for decades dedicated «to the task,» he said, referring to examples of leaders in collectives such as María Caridad Rodríguez, Maritza Soto, José Jesús Maden Machado, Estrella Sánchez, Teresita Roosburgh, Arnaldo Díaz Hiedra, and others.
He highlighted the process of the Third Conference and its final sessions in January of this year as the most significant aspect of the organization, not only for the logical renewal of cadres in all structures, but also for the strengthening at the grassroots level and the proposals that emerged, some of which were resolved and others, such as worker transportation, remain pending.
The SNTHT was founded On October 28th, in honor of Camilo Cienfuegos, just as another anniversary of the physical disappearance of the Lord of the Vanguard was celebrated, «a martyr who inspires us in our daily work,» Torriente said.
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