Where trade unionists start their day on the net.
In this week's mailing:
* Iraqi union offices raided
* Air New Zealand faces "storm of outrage"
* International union rights
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IRAQI UNION OFFICES RAIDED
Six days ago, US and Iraqi forces raided the head offices of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers (GFIW), the country's national trade union center. They arrested one of the union's security staff (later released unharmed), destroyed furniture, and confiscated a computer and fax machine. And then they did it again two days later, causing further damage to the union headquarters.
The union is condemning the attacks as unprovoked. It is calling on the occupation forces to issue a written apology, to return all the seized property, and to pay compensation for damages caused.
They are asking unions around the world to send messages of protest by clicking here:
http://www.labourstart.org/iraqraid
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AIR NEW ZEALAND FACES "STORM OF OUTRAGE"
The Service and Food Workers Union (SFWU) has released some highlights of the many email exchanges that have taken place between Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe and the thousands of you who have written to him:
http://tinyurl.com/2nzhzq
The struggle continues.
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International Union Rights
If you support the rights of working people everywhere to form free and independent unions, you should be actively supporting the work of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights (ICTUR). And you should be reading their excellent quarterly magazine, "International Union Rights". And you should have hanging in your office a copy of their huge, full-color world map entitled "Freedom of Association: The protection of trade union rights worldwide".
To get the map for free and to support the work of ICTUR (and LabourStart), please take out a subscription to "International Union Rights" today:
http://www.labourstart.org/ictur/
Thanks. And have a great weekend.
Eric Lee
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