Police raid union offices across Iraq - call for urgent help

[Omaha Steve]

Iraq's unions are once again under attack, with union offices across the country raided by police this week.

Those unions have asked all of us to take a moment to send off a quick message of protest to the Iraqi government - click here: http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=740

Please do so today -- and then share this message with your networks.

Have a great weekend.

Eric Lee

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Has a police department anywhere proven itself to be sympathetic to a union?

Anywhere? Anytime? Not unless it's their OWN union, that is. Ask anyone with union experience beyond paying dues & filing the occasional grievance, and you'll find little evidence that a police department is your friend.