More than 30 workers, union leaders and prominent groups were decorated in Guantánamo in a solemn ceremony and before main political and government authorities, as part of the activities carried out in the territory on the occasion of May Day.
At the proposal of the Public Administration, Health, Culture, Construction, Communications, IT and Electronics, Civil Defense, Hotel and Tourism Unions, and the Association of Innovators and Rationalizers, and by subscription to a Presidential Decree, the Central Workers of Cuba (CTC) agreed to deliver high decorations such as the Lázaro Peña Order of the Second and Third Degree, which immortalizes the imperishable mark of the eternal Cuban trade unionist and the Jesús Menéndez medal of individual and collective order to those who honor with their performances and attitudes production, defense and services are exemplary.
The Vanguard agricultural worker for 14 consecutive years and worker at the Basic Unit of Cooperative Production Honduras, traditional raising operator in 18 harvests and in them an accumulation of more than 18 million arroba of raised cane, voluntary blood donor in more than 18 contributions, committed anirista Fernando Silega Durruthy was the first honoree of the meeting.
Likewise, during the evening that took place from one of the rooms in Plaza Mariana Grajales, the Clerk Nidia Centeno González, the Nurse Leonel Rodríguez Laffita, the Instructor Gladis Martínez Sánchez, the Head of the Provincial Hydrography Office José Arístides Pons Martínez, the Ferrallista (A) Roberto Baró Brooks and Assistant Director Isabel Febles Otamendi were awarded for excellent results in the use of the work day, integrity and interest, contributions and dedication to their work environment.
Badges imposed by Yoel Pérez García, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in Guantánamo, and Juana Eglis Fernández Louit, General Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the CTC, moved their recipients, including seamstresses, drivers, teachers, musicians, writers and cooks in moments when the difficult economic situation facing the country requires greater sacrifice, personal and collective effort, better work results, ethics and integrity.
The collective Jesús Menéndez Vanguardia Medal honored the cohesion of wills of Military Unit 3475, while the Provincial Prosecutor Alexander Bonne Fernández received the Labor Feat distinction from the Public Administration Workers Union and the Association of Innovators and Rationalizers rewarded the contribution and contribution to the development of science and technology to two of its best anirists.
The ceremony of decorations and honorary titles is each year the most important activity carried out in the context of International Workers’ Day in the country, an opportunity that, in the heat of the advent of the commemoration, shows the support of the workers, for the indestructible unity of the Cuban labor movement, the commitment assumed with its leaders and heroes and the process of updating the economy and supporting the achievements achieved.
The award ceremony in Guantanamo, masterfully enlivened by the Mi Sol Chamber Orchestra, was also attended by Heroes and Heroines of Labor of the Republic of Cuba, leaders of the Provincial Committee of the Party, the Government, mass organizations and cadres of the union movement in the territory.
