Two officers of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) will visit Baltimore at the invitation of U S Labor Against the War. This event is part of a national tour where leaders of three of the most important Iraqi labor
organizations with meet with National and Local Union leaders, members of Congress, students, scholars, faith and media organizations.
Learn what the occupation has meant for Iraq’s working people and labor movement.
*Learn how the current government continues to enforce Saddam Hussein’s 1987 law banning unions for a majority of Iraqi workers.
*Learn how workers have successfully resisted privatization of Iraqi workplaces.
*Learn why the IFTU supports the withdrawal of all occupation forces.
*Find out what you can do to support these courageous workers and help Iraqis to build a sovereign, democratic Iraq governed in the interest of all the Iraqi people.
•Find out what you can do to help end the occupation, to bring all U.S. troops safely home, and to invest our resources in meeting human needs.
Location:
UNITE HERE hall 7-9 W. Mulberry St. Baltimore Maryland 21201 -- [About 1 block West of Charles on the East bound street for Rt. 40.]
Contact:
Fred Mason
fmason-AT-mddcaflcio.org
Sponsored By:
USLAW, UNITE HERE and SEIU 1199
other info can be found at
www.uslaboragainstwar.org