Iraq




Defend Iraqi trade unions

Iraq's union federation, the GFIW, have been facing a crackdown from their government, with unions derecognised and a heavily partisan committee appointed to take control of union elections and assets.

10 May 2011
TUC appalled by withdrawal of union recognition rights by Iraqi government

TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has today (Monday) written to Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Maliki calling on him to repeal the sudden withdrawal of union recognition rights from the General Federation of Iraqi Workers (GFIW).

9 May 2011
Release detained Iraqi activists say TUC

The TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has written, again, to His Excellency Mr Abdulmuhaimen Al-Oreibi, Charge d'Affaires at the Iraqi Embassy to voice the TUC's outrage about their repressive practices and call for their immediate release.

20 April 2011
Stop crackdown on Iraqi protestors says TUC

TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has today written to the Iraqi Charge D'Affaires in London expressing alarm at the recent violent crackdown against demonstrators by the Government of Iraq, and the disappearance and likely detention of four media...

10 March 2011
Time for the Iraqi Government to listen

Massive demonstrations will take place across Iraq tomorrow calling for jobs, basic services, an end to corruption and respect for workers' rights. TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber sent his message of solidarity to the General Federation of Iraq ...

24 February 2011
Iraqi teaching union leader survives assassination attempt

The head of the Iraqi Teachers' Union, Dr Muhsin Ali Nassif, was lucky to escape with his life after two bombs were detonated as he was leaving the union's headquarters in Baghdad on 20 November 2010. Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary, wrote to D...

2 December 2010



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