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NIURKA MARIA GONZALEZ ORBERA has been the general secretary of the National Union of Education Workers in Cuba for the past five years.
It is Cuba’s largest union with over half a million members, and one of the most important unions on the island taking into consideration the centrality of education to the development of the Cuban Revolution.
Here Gawain Little from the NEU spoke to Niurka in advance of her visit to the National Education Union conference in Bournemouth where she will be a special guest and keynote speaker.
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