International Solidarity

Iran and Iraq are in the news, what is not in the news is the treatment that workers and their unions face under these regimes. A tip o the blog to Leftnews for this.

Iranian workers are in trouble

The state owned bus company and the Iranian government have colluded to raid the homes of Union executives and supporters, throwing their wives and children in jail. This is absolutely disgusting. Canadians have to support these workers in any way we can.

Trade Unionist murdered in Iraq

Alaa Issa Khalaf, a member of the Executive Board of the Baghdad branch of the mechanics union, and a prominent member of the recently created General Federation of Iraqi Workers, GFIW, has been killed. He was shot dead at around 7.30 am on January 25 by several unidentified men as he left for work from his home in Baghdad. In a letter to the authorities of the country, the ICFTU firmly condemned what it considers to be a targeted attack on a trade union activist.


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