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Iraq's Labor Movement News & Information


This section contains news reports, analysis, commentary and other information from and about Iraq's developing labor movement. 

USLAW also has created an Iraq Labor Solidarity Fund.  Contributions, unless targeted to a specific organization, are divided equally between the major labor federations, and are used to support USLAW's international solidarity work.  

Contributions to the Iraq Labor Solidarity Fund can be made on this website by clicking HERE.


U.S. LABOR AGAINST THE WAR Greeting to the First International Labour Conference in Iraq

Link to Websites of Iraqi Labor Organizations

Interview with Leader of Iraq Oil Workers' Union
by Hassan Juma'a Awad, President, Iraq Federation of Oil UnionsLabor Beat

Forging International Labor Solidarity in Wartime No Easy Task
by Kari LydersenIn These Times

Oil workers protest in Basra
by StaffIraq Oil Report

Communique from President of Iraq Oil Workers Union
by Hassan Juma'a Awad, PresidentIraq Federation of Oil Unions

Staff at Baghdad hotel strike over security
Agence France Presse
January 28th, 2010

USLAW & IVAW Deliver Iraq Labor Rights Petitions to State Department Officials
US Labor Against the War

Spotlight interview with Hashemiyya Muhsin Hussein (Iraq - GFIW)
ITUC

SEND A LETTER IN DEFENSE OF FALAH ALWAN, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF WORKERS COUNCILS AND UNIONS IN IRAQ
USLAW

Iraqi Government Reprimands Falah Alwan by Exiling His Work Posting
ICEM

Iraq's Top Oil Adviser Forecasts Export Nation
by Ben Lando UPI.com

Respect for Labor Rights Critical to Democracy in Iraq
by Michael EisenscherCitizens for a Sovereign and Democratic Iraq

FWCUI Statement on the Violation of the Freedom to Organize in Iraq
The Federation of Worker's Council and Unions in Iraq FWCUI

Iraqi Unions Seek Help from US Labor
by AFSCME DC 37Public Employee Press

In a revolutionary atmosphere IFC concludes its second conference successfully
by Amjad AliIraq Freedom Congress

Basra Electricity Union Issues Report on Iraqi Workers' Right to Social Security (Quality of Life)
by Hashmiya Muhseen al-Saadawi, PresidentBasra Electricity Workers Union

Iraqi Labor Leaders Denounce US Occupation & Iraq’s Anti-Labor Laws
by Rasim Awadi and Falah AlwanDemocracy Now!

Report on meeting between Iraqi trade union leaders, IMF and World Bank, under the auspices of the ITUC
Genera Union of Oil Employees in Basra

Falah Alwan, President of Iraq Federation of Workers Councils and Unions, interviewed during 2009 AFL-CIO convention
Blip TV

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