Disclaimer - The following article is reposted here because it is an issue with some relevance to the IWW. The views of the author do not necessarily agree with those of the IWW and vice versa.
By Jorge Martin - November 3, 2005 (original article from www.znet.org).
Caracas. "This is an historical gathering. For the first time workers from occupied factories from across the continent are meeting together" (Serge Goulart, United Workers' Council of Brazilian group of occupied factories)
"We have shown how the workers can run the companies, and this means we can run society as well" (Ricardo Moreira, PIT-CNT, Uruguay)
More than 400 people from 235 worker occupied factories and 20 different national trade union centres participated in the "First Latin American Gathering of Worker Recovered Factories" in Caracas on October 27-29.