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The 22nd Congress of the Central Organization of Cuban Workers (CTC) ended a week ago, and rather than a breath of relief after two years of organic process, balances at all levels, and necessary changes, now comes the roughest road: fulfilling what was discussed in a nation filled with economic and social challenges, where time is gold and the search for consensus is imperative not only to resist but to overcome the quagmire we have been entangled in for at least a couple of years.
The participation of unions and the National Association of Innovators and Rationalizers (Anir) in the transformations approved by the Government cannot be mechanical or linear. It is necessary to imprint the effectiveness required, but first one must know them thoroughly to explain and share them, open to new ideas or solutions wherever they arise.
The greatest concerns are related to the impact of these measures on the budgeted sector and the retired population, as well as the urgency of resolving rampant inflation, achieving real banking across all economic areas, strengthening the state enterprise on equal footing with the private sector, and maximizing agricultural production, tourism, commerce, and foreign investment once bureaucratic shackles are removed. These should also be guiding coordinates for union work.
Of course, I do not forget that work with all economic actors, especially the private sector, remains a priority not only to increase the number of affiliates to the organization. Accurate representation and the defense of rights won in the Revolution, which someone may attempt to violate amid turbulent waters, will be essential to preserve what Lázaro Peña so strongly advocated: “the union must act with its own criteria (…) to have moral authority, to demand duties and rights.”
The rough road we speak of will be full of contradictions, but also of good examples, anonymous heroes and those who bear their marks; of creative youth, workers, intellectuals, and peasants who aspire to live in a better Cuba. Did the Congress end, or has another just begun?
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Máster en Ciencias de la Comunicación. Director del Periódico Trabajadores desde el 1 de julio del 2024. Editor-jefe de la Redacción Deportiva desde 2007. Ha participado en coberturas periodísticas de Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Juegos Panamericanos, Juegos Olímpicos, Copa Intercontinental de Béisbol, Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, Campeonatos Mundiales de Judo, entre otras. Profesor del Instituto Internacional de Periodismo José Martí, en La Habana, Cuba.
