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Media coverage of tour

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"Oil Workers Fight Privatization and Occupation" (mp3)
Democracy Now!
Transcript
6/13/2005

"Iraqi Unions Claim Their Voice"
San Fransisco Chronicle
6/12/2005
by David Bacon


'Iraqi Labor leader visit"
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal Weblog
6/16/2005
by Nahal Toosi

"Iraqi Labor Leaders to Visit"
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
5/23/2005

"Unions in Iraq:  Still waiting for freedom to organize"
Twin Cites PULSE cover story
6/15/2005
by Brian Kaller

"'Solidarity tour' brings 2 Iraqis to St. Paul"
St. Paul Star Tribune
6/15/2005
by Melissa Lee

"Iraqi labor leaders fight for rights"
Washington Times
6/13/2005
by Alexandra Klaren

"Iraqi unions say thwarted by all sides"
Reuters
6/14/2005
by Sue Pleming

"Politicians and Civilians Growing Impatient over Iraq War"
KARE Channel 11 Minneapolis/St. Paul
6/16/2005
by Boyd Huppert
weblink to video:  http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=99893

"Iraqi labor leaders in Vermont"            
Vermont Public Radio
6/15/2005
by Ellen David Friedman

"Interview:  Dawn Stanger, Vermont Workers' Center"
listen to interview here
Vermont Public Radio
6/17/2005

"Call for Freedom"
San Jose Mercury News
6/20/2005
by Becky Bartindales

US News and World Report
6/27/2005

"Iraqi labor leaders to speak on their nation" event announcement
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
6/19/2005


"Iraqi trade unionists want U.S. to get out"
Madison Capital Times
6/17/2005
by Kathy Wilkes

"Story of Iraq unions largely untold"
Vermont Guardian
6/19/2005
Letter to editor by Dawn Stanger, Traven Leyshon, and Dan Brush
http://www.vermontguardian.com/commentary/June17Letters.shtml

"Iraqi Workers' plight strikes chord in Vt."
Montpellier Times Argus
6/19/2005
by Darren Allen

"Iraqis Fighting to Rebuild National Labor Movement"
Communication Workers of America
6/20/2005

"Iraqi union leaders seek troop withdrawal, solidarity"
Workday Minnesota
6/17/2005
by Barb Kucera

"Steelworkers back Iraqis, call for better working conditions"
Pittsburgh Business Times
6/21/2005
by Dan Reynolds

"Iraqi duo says unions needed in their homeland"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
6/22/2005
by Jim McKay

"Iraqi labor leaders call for solidarity"
South Bay Labor for Peace and Justice
6/21/2005

"Iraqi oil workers lament lack of jobs"
The Oregonian
6/23/2005
by Kris Kodrich

"Iraqi workers seek U.S. help"
Washington Times, United Press International
6/22/2005
by Alexandra Klaren

"Amjad Ali Aljawhry 'Takes Five'"
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
6/21/2005
by Nahal Toosi

"Iraq Occupation:  This war can't be won"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
6/24/2005
Editorial board

"A View from Iraqi Oil Fields comes to the US"
Znet
6/23/2004
by Zachary LownJune

"Iraqi labor leader calls for troop withdrawal"
Burlington Free Press
by Adam Silverman

"Iraqi trade unionists watn U.S. to get out"
The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
6/18/2005
by Kathy Wilkes

"Iraqi labor leader calls for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops"
The Associated Press
6/23/2005
by Frank Eltman

"Iraqi labor activists say U.S. has split nation on religious, ethnic lines"
Buffalo News
6/24/2005
by Anthony Cardinale

"Tour de Workforce:  Iraqi union leaders visit Portland"
Willamette Week Online
6/22/2005
by Adrian Chen

"Iraqi Labor Leaders Protest Unemployment"
ABC7/KGO-TV/DT (San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland)
6/20/2005
watch here: 
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/news/062005_nw_antiwarforum.html

"Iraqi labor leader says troops should withdraw"
WCAX-TV 3 (Vermont)
6/28/2005

How a news story turns into "opinion"
Buzz Cut
7/9/05

"Iraqi Labor Leaders Speak-UNITE Hall, Chicago, JUne 17, 2005"
Labor Beat TV show, Chicago, IL
July 14, 15, 21,21

"Iraqi union leader describes wounds from past at Cornell labor meeting"
Cornell University News Service
6/13/2005
by Brenda Tobia

"Iraqi labor leaders meet with San Pedro Activists"
Daily Breeze (Torrence, CA)
6/20/2005
by Muhammed El-Hasan

"Iraqi Union Leader:  This is the Occupation"
South Central Federation of Labor
July 2005
by Kathy Wilkes

"Iraqi Unionists Rebuilding Devastated Union Movement"
AFL-CIO
June 14, 2005

"Iraqi labor leaders welcomed across U.S."
People's Weekly World Newspaper
June 6, 2005
by Susan Webb

"Touring U.S. Cities:  Iraqi unionists demand labor rights"
Public Employee Press-District Council 37 - AFSCME New York City
July-August 2005
by Jane LaTour

"Iraqi Labor Leaders Tour Los Angeles"
The Muslim Observer
July 1-7, 2005
by Susan Schwartz

"Iraqi Labor Leaders Tell Their Stories"
The Public Record (Philadelphia)
June 30, 2005

"Iraqi labor leaders stress need for removal of troops"
Delaware County Daily Times
June 26, 2005
by Barbara Ormsby

"Iraqi labor leaders visit Portland"
Oregon AFSCME Council 75
June 30, 2005
by Leslie Kochan

"Iraqi Makes Friends in Hartford"
Law Tribune (Connecticut)
July 4, 2005
by Andy Thibault

"Iraqi Union Activists Call for End of U.S. Occupation"
Between the Lines Radio Newsmagazine (Connecticut)
Week ending July 8, 2005
by Melinda Tuhus

"Tour of Iraqi Labor Leaders Gives American Workers a Closer Look"
Labor Notes
August 2005
by Nancy Romer and Michael Zweig

 

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