Iraqi Unionists Speak Out!
Resistance Under Occupation
A panel featuring representatives from:
- Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq
- General Union of Oil Employees
- Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions
Tuesday, June 14, 7pm
George Washington University, Marvin Center 3rd Floor Amphitheater
21st and H Sts, NW (Near Foggy Bottom Metro)
Saddam Hussein is gone but the current occupation of Iraq by US
and British forces has continued the old regime's anti-union laws.
Unionists are harassed, imprisoned, and assassinated. But many
Iraqi unionists refuse to give up.
Iraqi labor leaders are touring the US to share with Americans their
struggles for social justice in occupied Iraq. Come hear them
describe their efforts to fight privatization and occupation and find
out what we can do to show solidarity with our union brothers and
sisters in Iraq.
Sponsored by DC Anti-War Network (DAWN), GWU Students Against
War in Iraq (SAWI), US Labor Against the War (USLAW) and DC Labor
for Peace and Justice
Full Version: Iraqi Unionists Speak Out!
QUOTE(Dylan Garcia @ Jun 13 2005, 12:27 PM)
Iraqi Unionists Speak Out!
Resistance Under Occupation
A panel featuring representatives from:
- Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq
- General Union of Oil Employees
- Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions
Tuesday, June 14, 7pm
George Washington University, Marvin Center 3rd Floor Amphitheater
21st and H Sts, NW (Near Foggy Bottom Metro)
Saddam Hussein is gone but the current occupation of Iraq by US
and British forces has continued the old regime's anti-union laws.
Unionists are harassed, imprisoned, and assassinated. But many
Iraqi unionists refuse to give up.
Iraqi labor leaders are touring the US to share with Americans their
struggles for social justice in occupied Iraq. Come hear them
describe their efforts to fight privatization and occupation and find
out what we can do to show solidarity with our union brothers and
sisters in Iraq.
Sponsored by DC Anti-War Network (DAWN), GWU Students Against
War in Iraq (SAWI), US Labor Against the War (USLAW) and DC Labor
for Peace and Justice
Resistance Under Occupation
A panel featuring representatives from:
- Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq
- General Union of Oil Employees
- Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions
Tuesday, June 14, 7pm
George Washington University, Marvin Center 3rd Floor Amphitheater
21st and H Sts, NW (Near Foggy Bottom Metro)
Saddam Hussein is gone but the current occupation of Iraq by US
and British forces has continued the old regime's anti-union laws.
Unionists are harassed, imprisoned, and assassinated. But many
Iraqi unionists refuse to give up.
Iraqi labor leaders are touring the US to share with Americans their
struggles for social justice in occupied Iraq. Come hear them
describe their efforts to fight privatization and occupation and find
out what we can do to show solidarity with our union brothers and
sisters in Iraq.
Sponsored by DC Anti-War Network (DAWN), GWU Students Against
War in Iraq (SAWI), US Labor Against the War (USLAW) and DC Labor
for Peace and Justice
Iraqi Oil Workers Fight Privatization and Occupation
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Though we don't often hear about the labor movement in Iraq, the country has a long history of union activism that dates back to the 1920’s when the British first began exporting oil from the country. Saddam Hussein banned unions for public workers in 1987 because he feared a progressive movement would topple his dictatorship. When the U.S occupation of Iraq began, the U.S authorities refused to repeal that law. Instead in September of 2003, Paul Bremer, the top U.S. official overseeing the Iraqi occupation, issued an order to privatize the country’s state owned industries, which include its oil industry.
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