Thursday, November 05, 2009
The Ministry Of Industry Is Following the Footsteps of the Ministry Of Oil
*The Iraqi ministries do not differ from each other when it comes down
to dealing with labour activists who oppose their agenda and put forward
the workers' demands.*
* *
*A few days ago, the Minister of Industry Fawzi Alhariri, has made a
decision in which he ordered a relocation of Saleem Kadhem and Hatim
Mandeel of Alzawra General Company in Baghdad to the mechanical
industries company in Babel (100 Km south west of Baghdad) because they
lead a labour demonstration in which they demanded their rights.*
* *
*It is a suppressive policy and its aim to shut down and intimidate the
labor activists. It is another way of responding to the workers' demands
since the guns and bullets were incapable of stopping the workers from
voicing out their concerns.*
* *
*We in GFWCUI therefore condemn the minister's conduct and consider it a
displacement that is used as a preventative measure to suppress workers.
We also:*
1. *demand that the Minister of Industry must revoke his decision in
question and compensate the workers for their financial loss and
emotional pain*
2. *appeal to the unions and federations around the world to stand
with the Iraqi workers in their ordeal*
3. *demand that Iraq's membership in the ILO should be suspended
until all requirements are met*
4. *appeal to all Iraqi unions and federations to unify their ranks
and stand firm against such decisions *
* *
*Executive Bureau *
*General Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq*
*October 30, 2009*
gfwcui@gmail.com
**/Amjad Ali/**
**/General Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq/**
www.workerstoday.com
phone# 1-416-264-1131
//The Strength of the Labor Movement Lies on Its Unity and Organization//
*The Iraqi ministries do not differ from each other when it comes down
to dealing with labour activists who oppose their agenda and put forward
the workers' demands.*
* *
*A few days ago, the Minister of Industry Fawzi Alhariri, has made a
decision in which he ordered a relocation of Saleem Kadhem and Hatim
Mandeel of Alzawra General Company in Baghdad to the mechanical
industries company in Babel (100 Km south west of Baghdad) because they
lead a labour demonstration in which they demanded their rights.*
* *
*It is a suppressive policy and its aim to shut down and intimidate the
labor activists. It is another way of responding to the workers' demands
since the guns and bullets were incapable of stopping the workers from
voicing out their concerns.*
* *
*We in GFWCUI therefore condemn the minister's conduct and consider it a
displacement that is used as a preventative measure to suppress workers.
We also:*
1. *demand that the Minister of Industry must revoke his decision in
question and compensate the workers for their financial loss and
emotional pain*
2. *appeal to the unions and federations around the world to stand
with the Iraqi workers in their ordeal*
3. *demand that Iraq's membership in the ILO should be suspended
until all requirements are met*
4. *appeal to all Iraqi unions and federations to unify their ranks
and stand firm against such decisions *
* *
*Executive Bureau *
*General Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq*
*October 30, 2009*
gfwcui@gmail.com
**/Amjad Ali/**
**/General Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq/**
www.workerstoday.com
phone# 1-416-264-1131
//The Strength of the Labor Movement Lies on Its Unity and Organization//
# posted by redlion @ 10:57 pm 
