Eric Lee: Iraqi unions under threat of state control - they need our support

[Omaha Steve]

Under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi trade unions were held in the regime's tight grip.

When that regime fell, independent trade union activists emerged from the underground and quickly set up new, and free, unions.

Today those unions are united as the General Federation of Iraqi Workers and are a beacon of hope to the Iraqi people who have suffered for so long.

But they are once again under threat of state control.

The Iraqi government is attempting to wrest control of the unions, and the unions are fighting back.

They've asked us to launch a global campaign in defense of their independence and it will take you less than a minute to add your voice in their support.

Please click here to learn more and to send off your message of protest to the Iraqi government: http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=588

And pass this message on to your fellow union members.

Thanks very much.

Eric Lee