The Maliki government in Iraq continues to enforce Saddam Hussein's 1987 law that banned
all trade unions in public enterprises (80% of the economy). A rally protesting the suppression of workers' rights
in that country was held on Aug. 16, 2007, sponsored by the AFL-CIO,
Solidarity Center, and the Washington, D.C. Metro Labor Council, with
participation by USLAW. The event was held in front of the Republic of
Iraq Embassy, at 3421 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., in Washington, DC.
Barbara Shailor, AFL-CIO Intl. Affairs Director at Iraq Embassy Protest
Sharing
her views on the undemocratic and unfair labor situation in
U.S.-Occupied Iraq was Barbara Shailor, Director of International
Affairs Department for the AFL-CIO.
AFL-CIO Director of International Affairs Barbara Shailor
Denice
Lombard, Coordinator of the International Solidarity Task Force of US
Labor Against the War (USLAW) spoke about the situation of the oil
workers union in Iraq and their resistance against U.S. efforts to
impose an oil privatization law there. She was introduced by Ms.
Barbara Shailor, Director of the AFL-CIO's International Affairs
Department.
Denise Lombard, among demonstrators at Iraq Embassy
Denice Lombard, Coordinator of the USLAW International Solidarity Task Force
Shawna Bader-Blau, Solidarity Center, leads the chants
Shawna Bader-Blau, Solidarity Center Iraq Coordinator
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