AFL-CIO-Cuba Committee, 1994-1995

File — Box: 32, Folder: 10

Scope and Contents

See also American Institute for Free Labor Development Draft of letter from Mazur to International Monetary Fund objecting to potential financial assistance to Cuba, February 6, 1995; confidential memo to Mazur from ILGWU director of international relations Michele Briones re meeting with Cuban expatriates in Florida re concerns about AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD); personal and confidential memo to Mazur from Jesse Friedman re role of labor in Cuba, May 6, 1994; U.S. State Department paper, “Cuba: Significant Human Rights Developments of 1994-1993 in Reverse Chronological Order,” with biographies of political prisoners, August 5, 1994, biographies of Cuban permanent representative to the U.N. and minister of foreign affairs, faxed October 3, 1994; letters to Mazur from Bill Doherty, executive director of AIFLD, re ICFTU delegation to Cuba, February 16, 1994, and December 14, 1993, with letter to Castro (Spanish and English) from Enzo Friso, secretary general of ICFTU, requesting permission to send delegation, October 13, 1993; remarks of Mario Chanes de Armas to the AFL-CIO Executive Council Accepting the George Meany Human Rights Award, August 10, 1994; draft of article by Henry Raymont, former New York Times correspondent in Latin America, n.d.; Human Rights Watch Americas, “Cuba: Stifling Dissent in the Midst of Crisis,” February 1994; Submitted Statement of Jay, Mazur, Vice-President, AFL-CIO, to the Committee of Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, the Free Trade with Cuba Act, March 18, 1994; agenda and related materials for April 8, 1994, meeting of AFL-CIO Labor Committee for a Free Cuba, with talking points for Mazur and biographies of Cuban expatriates, including Fidel Castro’s daughter Alina Fernandez Revuelta; letter from Rep. Ieana Ros-Lehtinen (Florida) to AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor Development, praising AFL-CIO position against lifting the embargo, with attached press release, “Human Rights Complaints Should Not Ignore Cuba,” March 14, 1994; packets of newspaper clippings distributed to committee members by AIFLD

Dates

1994-1995

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

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