Labor & Employment Committee
National Lawyers Guild
L&EC ANNUAL CUBA PROGRAM
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The National Lawyers Guild Labor & Employment Committee serves as program consultant to Marazul Charters, a licensed travel service provider, on an annual research program in Cuba. The program consists of an international conference and a professional research program. Labor lawyers, trade unionists and neutrals have been a part of these delegations since 2000. In the winter of each year, Marazul and the L&E Committee announce the annual program. The conference will focus on the following topics:
The conference is preceded by a research project where, consistent with the conference themes, delegates visit Cuban workplaces and interview workers, union leaders and labor lawyers. Upon return to the United States, the delegation publishes a report of the results of their research and conference participation. The 2015 trip will take place February 28 – March 8, 2015. The FINAL DEADLINE for deposit and application is January 31, 2015. Click here for the 2015 brochure. Click here for the 2015 application. The application will need to be submitted along with a $200 deposit by January 31, 2015. If you would like to participate in the 2015 research program, you will need to send the final application (to be posted shortly) to Victoria Lebron of Marazul Charters. As soon as details are available, you will receive more information about the logistics of the trip from Victoria Lebron. Click here for a draft of the 2015 program. Cost – Marazul has not yet provided information regarding the cost for the 2015 conference and research program. Below is cost for the 2014 conference to give you an idea. FLIGHT (RT Miami to Havana): VISA: LAND ARANGEMENTS: Group Transfers and bus transportation for the program Lodging is at Hotel Colina, 501 Calle L e/27 y Jovellar, Vedado, Cuba Phone (537) 83-64071 LAND cost also includes a small subsidy to provide scholarships for people who would otherwise be unable to participate, with priority for people of color. Contact Victoria Lebron for scholarship application. Click here to download the brochure and click here to download an application. By January 31, 2015, send your $200 deposit, payable to Marazul Charters Inc., and the final application to Victoria Lebron at Marazul Charters Inc., 1 Marine Plaza Suite 302, North Bergen, NJ 07047. QUESTIONS: Please contact Victoria Lebron of Marazul Charters for travel questions at [email protected] or (800) 223-5334. Please contact Joan Hill or Dean Hubbard for program questions. |
| Past Research Reports of NLG delegations to Cuba
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| Travel Restrictions to Cuba – click here for a handout on Travel Advice
Because the NLG Labor & Employment Committee’s research trip is for and by professionals engaged in a full schedule of academic and noncommercial research, intended for public dissemination, U.S. labor and employment lawyers and trade union professionals may travel to Cuba under a general license (no advance authorization from the Treasury Dept. required).
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In 2010, another group of trade unionists visited Cuba, also in the desire to understand the realities of workers in Cuba and the role that trade unions play in protecting worker rights. Over the years, it has become apparent that the trade embargo imposed by the U.S. Government has had significant impact on residents of Cuba. Journalist Mark Gruenberg of Press Associates International writes of a recent presentation made by two Cuba travelers and researchers to a group of Newspaper Guild members in the DC-Baltimore area. Click here for the full article.
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| This photo features a building in Cuba equipped with solar panels as part of the ‘year of energy.’ |
