Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) accuses state-run companies of violating the 1999 Constitution; Labor Laws

VHeadline Venezuela News reports: The Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) has accused several state-run companies of violating the 1999 Constitution and Venezuela's far-reaching Labor Laws ... communist labor secretary, Pedro Eusser has revealed that VenIrAuto -- the Venezuela-Iranian auto manufacturer -- has disregarded established trade union rights and has fired no less than 26 labor leaders and 11 workers for having set up a legitimate labor union ... the allegation is similar to one brought against Indugran La Fina, in Cojedes State, where 11 workers were summarily dismissed.

• "This is not usual in a revolution" Eusser says. "If the workers control public companies, they also run comptroller functions and we will overcome these problems that are inherent in a capitalist mode of production."

Venezuela's communists have agreed to join a labor protest at the Mitsubishi Plant in eastern Anzoategui State following the death of two fellow-workers at the hands of the regional police and the illegal dismissal of some 125 employees.

PCV's national committee has proposed eliminating "old structures within the capitalist state"... focusing on inspectorates and the offices of the Labor Ministry so that they can act in defense of the workers. At the same time, they have denounced the dismissal of some 400 hundred banana workers.

Eusser has expressed his regrets over a decision by Orlando Chirino of the Autonomous Revolutionary & Unitary Classist Current who has called to reject the President's re-election amendment: "He is NOT fitted to be a union leader ... he would be defeated by the workers!"

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