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RMTnews :: january 2006 :: www.rmt.org.uk 24 The European Trade Union Solidarity Conference with Cuba and Latin America – the first event of its kind ever to be held in Britain – will take place at City Hall, London between 24-25 February 2006. Speakers include Pedro Ross, General Secretary of the CTC in Cuba, Ken Livingstone, Brendan Barber, , Spanish MEP Miguel Angel Martinez, and Xavier Decleerq, Director of Mobilisation at Oxfam Belgium. Delegates from across Europe will meet at the conference to share experiences of and promote solidarity work at a European level and identify joint initiatives for lobbying. Pedro Ross, General Secretary of Cuba’s trade union confederation, has said that the conference “will be an exceptional opportunity to exchange our diverse experiences of support and solidarity towards the workers and Cuban people”. RMT is supporting the conference and has a limited number of free delegate places for European trade unionists. If you have contacts with unions in Europe who might be interested in attending the event, please get in contact with CSC. The weekend activities include a welcome reception on the Friday evening, the conference in the Council Chamber at City Hall on The Brecon Challenge, taking place on June 10 2006, is a fantastic opportunity for teambuilding and networking. It is also about doing something truly amazing – raising funds for the world’s runaway and abandoned children. This is truly a challenge worth bragging about – hiking a distance of 16 kilometres, cycling a distance of 32 kilometres (incorporating much of the well- cycled “Taff Trail”), and building a raft and then paddling it across the reservoir, all in the beautiful surroundings of the Brecon Mountains. At the end of the challenge each team will be rewarded with a glass of champagne and a scenic ride on the Brecon Mountain railway steam train. This will be followed by an awards ceremony, hog roast, disco and drinks til late. All the money raised by the participants will go directly to the children who so desperately need help. Railway Children is a registered charity, No 1058991, based in Crewe that works in the UK and worldwide giving a point of contact for homeless children at SOLIDARITY FOR CUBA COMES TO The British trade union movement and Cuba Solidarity Campaign hope to repeat the success of last year’s Unions for Cuba conference on a European scale in February 2006 Have you got what it t The Railway Children charity is looking for teams of four plus a support person for each team to join a new and exciting one day event.