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Falah Alwan, President, Federation of Workers Councils & Unions in Iraq
USLAW & IVAW Deliver Iraq Labor Rights Petitions to State Department
A
delegation composed of representatives of U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW),
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and the President of the Iraq Federation
of Oil Unions held an unprecedented meeting on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 with
officials of the U.S. State Department to present them with a petition signed
by thousands of labor, antiwar and other social justice activists across the
country demanding that the U.S. government speak out forcefully in support of
labor rights for Iraqi workers.
A group of Iraqi labor leaders were in the
U.S. to attend the AFL-CIO Convention and participate in events organized by U.S. Labor Against the War. They want to bring international attention to the lack of a
basic labor law in Iraq guaranteeing the right to unionize without
repression. Last week the AFL-CIO adopted a resolution defending Iraqi labor
rights. Amy Goodman interviewed two of the union leaders, Rasim Awadi and Falah Alwan.
[transcript]
Iraqi DC Consulate Picketed Over Violations of Labor Rights
Labor Rights "Fundamental" To Iraqi Democracy
Thursday, April 15, 2010
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Charging that the Iraqi
government is using the same laws that
Saddam Hussein used to “attack workers and prevent trade union
organization,” dozens of labor rights activists rallied outside the
Iraqi
Consulate in Dupont Circle at noon yesterday demanding an end to the
“systematic abuse” of workers and unions in Iraq. “Hey Iraq it’s union
time – organizing is not a crime!” chanted the demonstrators as they
brandished signs reading “Democracy for Iraqi Workers” and “Labor Rights
Are Human Rights” under the midday sun. Oppressive working conditions in
much
of Iraq – it is illegal for workers to form a union and strike – make
Iraq
“one of the most dangerous places in the world for workers who are
trying to
organize,” Jim Catterson from the International Confederation of
Chemical,
Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Union told the crowd. “Workers are
being
sent into exile to places where their lives are in jeopardy just because
they
are unionizing for better conditions. It’s time now that Iraq accepted
freedom
of association!” Stanley Gacek -- Associate Director of the AFL-CIO
International Department – called on the American union movement to
stand in
solidarity with the workers of Iraq. “There will be no democracy in Iraq
until
the Iraqi government passes labor law reform to allow freedom of
association and
protect the rights of workers who are trying to organize,” he said. “The
Iraqi government needs to end the direct political interference by
authorities
into workers’ organizing campaigns now.” –
report/photo
by Adam Wright
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