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Iraq Appeal
Please give generously to the TUC Aid Iraq Appeal, raising money for Iraqi trade unionists to rebuild a free and independent trade union movement, and strengthen civil society in Iraq.
All the money you give will go to funding trade union organisation in Iraq. The TUC makes no deductions from your donation for administration. If you and/or your union branch or region gives money you will be helping Iraqi unions develop their organising and education programmes, and buy IT and office equipment.
"You can help rebuild free and independent trade unions in Iraq by making a donation to the TUC Aid Appeal. Please give now and give generously. And encourage others to follow your example"
Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary
The photo above is the TUC Press and PR Award winning image by Jess Hurd, depicting workers in Baghdad. The TUC is granted use of this image by arrangement, as a donation to the appeal. For further usage details contact ReportDigital.co.uk
The most recent documents available on this subject are:
Sadrist thugs attack General Federation of Iraqi Workers
Thugs from the Sadrist movement stormed the offices of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers in Baghdad last week, assaulting union members and damaging property. TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber wrote to the Iraqi Charges D'Affaires Dr Muhi...
18 July 2012
ACT NOW! Defend Iraqi oil union leader
The TUC is supporting a Labour Start appeal to defend the President of the Kirkuk Oil and Gas Workers Union, Jamal Abdul-Jabbar who has been forcibly relocated by his employers. International union protests have prevented this sort of management hara...
PDF version available for download30 May 2011
Stop Iraqi Ministry attack on electricity sector unions!
In one of the worst acts of union repression since the fall of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi police raided and shut down trade unions across the electricity sector on Wednesday. Please sign the urgent LabourStart appeal.
23 July 2010
Iraqi electricity sector unions shut down in Saddam-style move
Police raided and shut down trade unions in the electricity sector across Iraq yesterday, carrying out a Ministerial Order reminiscent of Saddam Hussein. TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has written to Foreign Secretary William Hague asking him t...
22 July 2010
United as one Iraqi Kurdistan federations unify to present one voice on workers' rights
"When we were two federations, we spoke with two voices. Now it is working people who will benefit from us having one voice". This is the verdict of Hangaw Abdullah Khan, co-President of the newly-created Kurdistan United Workers' Union on the mer...
21 May 2010
Murder of Iraqi textile workers is barbaric
Last week, as workers left their textile factory in Hilla, Iraq, a bomb was detonated, killing some 40 workers and injuring dozens of others. TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has today written to his counterpart at the General Federation of Iraqi...
19 May 2010
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