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 67. The right to paid vacation of one month for each 11 months of work in each calendar year is established for all manual and intellectual workers. Those who, because of the nature of their work or other circumstances, have not worked the 11 months, are entitled to paid rest in proportion to the time worked.

When on a national day of mourning or holiday the workmen do not work, employers must pay them the corresponding wages.

There shall be only 4 national days of mourning and holidays on which it shall be obligatory to close industrial or commercial establishments or public spectacles, as the case may be. The others shall be official days of mourning or holidays and shall be celebrated without suspending the economic activities of the Nation.

68. No difference can be established between married and unmarried women with respect to their work.

Protection for maternity among the working class shall be regulated by law, which shall extend it to women employees.

A pregnant woman cannot be discharged from her work, nor shall she be required in the 3 months prior to childbirth, to do work requiring considerable physical effort.

During the 6 weeks immediately preceding childbirth, and the 6 that follow it, she shall enjoy compulsory rest, with compensation equal to what she was paid for working, retaining her position and all the rights attached to it and covered by her labour contract. In the nursing period she shall be allowed two special rest periods a day, of one-half hour each, to nurse her child.

69. The right of syndicalisation is acknowledged to employers, private employees and workers, for the exclusive purposes of their economic-social activities.

The competent authority shall have a period of 30 days to admit or reject the recording of a labour or employer syndicate. The record shall determine the juridical capacity of the labour or employer syndicate. The recognition of the syndicate by employers and workers, respectively, shall be regulated by law.

Syndicates cannot be definitely dissolved without a final decision of the courts.

Boards of directors of these associations shall be composed exclusively of Cubans by birth.