Brazilian Socialist Trade Union Activist speaks his only U.S. appearance in San Francisco

Dirceu Travesso spoke in San Francisco on April 17. Travesso is a leader of the Unified Socialist Workers Party (PTSU) and opposition trade unionist in the banking sector. He begins with an overview of current labor struggles with General Motors US-Brazil. He then goes into depth on the broader social and political fights that have unfolded in the Lula government, including the need for international workers' solidarity and an alternative to capitalist government to meet these goals. Travesso served in the leadership of the Central Union of Workers until 2004 when he and thousands of unionists broke to form CONLUTAS, the National Coordination of Struggle. He discusses plans for the July 2008 Latin American and Carribean Encounter of Workers to be held in Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil, sponsored by workers organizations in Brazil, Bolivia, Haiti, and Uruguay. (58 minutes)