Just briefly, there are a couple of things. Nationalized companies in Venezuela no longer have independent unions, and there is labour organization in lines with specific...coming out of the ruling Socialist party. There are incidents of labour unrest. While it may not be front and centre in some of the things that Alex Bugailiskis mentioned in her opening statement, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, in its annual report of last year, did devote some space to the issue of problems faced by unions in Venezuela.
On April 22nd, 2010. See this statement in context.