Rebel PDVSA chiefs in Europe: government ban on working for transnationals

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Friday, May 09, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

Rebel Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) executives & managers grouped in Unapetrol trade union association are currently on tour in Spain preparing to lobby the International Confederation of Free Unions (ICFTU)  due to convene at the end of May and the International Labor Organization (ILO) annual assembly scheduled for the beginning of June.

• Unapetrol president, Horacio Medina says the group has met Spanish trade union and business sectors and hopes to visit other countries to wipe up support. 

Calling the mass dismissals of PDVSA workers for adhering to the national stoppage that crippled Venezuela's prime industry "labor genocide," Medina condemns the government's "persecution of former workers."  

Unapetrol has launched a new accusation against the government, saying that it has banned former executives & managers from working with transnationals. Medina did not substantiate on the latest spin and where the money was coming from to support Unapetrol's world tour which has moved from the USA to Spain.