British Shop Workers Vote to Support Venezuela! Britain Share Tweet In Blackpool over the May Day Bank holiday, the British shop workers’ union USDAW, representing some 330,000 workers, passed a resolution unanimously supporting the Venezuelan Revolution and affiliating to the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign. In Blackpool over the May Day Bank holiday, the British shop workers’ union USDAW, representing some 330,000 workers, passed a resolution unanimously supporting the Venezuelan Revolution and affiliating to the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign. The resolution was supported by the Executive Committee which recommended it to the ADM. The resolution was submitted by the Nursling Industrial H63 branch. “The Venezuelan Government has utilised the country's wealth and resources to benefit working people, the poor and the landless”, states the resolution. “A referendum gave President Hugo Chavez an overwhelming victory and a strengthened democratic mandate.” USDAW conference went on to deplore “recent statements of the US administration and its attempts to intervene in the internal life of Venezuela and agrees to raise these concerns with our Government.” The motion highlighted the fact that the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign “has gained the support and affiliation from organisations representing millions of trade union members.” It then called upon the union nationally to affiliate to the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign.
