Labour news from Iraq
USA / Iraq No peace, no work: Union shuts down West Coast ports to protest Iraq War, but the media misses the historic story [San Francisco Bay Guardian] (More info) (IMAGES) 11-May-2008
Iraq 'Iraqi labour movement's May Day statement ' [workersliberty.org] 08-May-2008
USA Longshore workers shut down ports to protest Iraq War [Labor Notes] 08-May-2008
USA US dockworkers’ union holds eight-hour work stoppage to protest Iraq war [World Socialist Web Site] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq Dockworkers take May Day off, idling all West Coast ports [Los Angeles Times] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq Longshoremen defy work order, stay off the job on May Day [The Oregonian] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq Shutting Down the West Coast Ports - The ILWU's May Day Strike [Counterpunch] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq Port workers ditch work, slow cargo movement to protest war [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq ILWU's Unprecedented Display of Labor Muscle for the Peace Movement [Portland Indymedia] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq Protests Across the Bay Area Thursday, May 1, 2008 [KCBS] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq Did Google Block ILWU Web Page? [LA Indymedia] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq Dockworkers Protest Iraq War [New York Times] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq Dockers shut West Coast ports in brief protest [San Francisco Chronicle] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq May Day: Longshoremen gather to protest war [The Oregonian] (More info) 05-May-2008
USA / Iraq No work at ports as longshore protests war [The News Tribune] (More info) (IMAGES) 05-May-2008
Iraq Mayday Message from Iraqi Trade Unions [GUOE] 03-May-2008
New Zealand / USA Maritime union supports major port stoppages in USA and Iraq against the war [MUNZ] 03-May-2008
USA / Iraq On May Day, many marchers for many causes [SF Chronicle] (More info) (IMAGES) 03-May-2008
USA Terminal operators say ILWU Iraq protest halts West Coast cargo traffic [AP] 01-May-2008
USA Dockworkers plan walkout over Iraq [Long Beach Press-Telegram] 01-May-2008
USA / Iraq Anti-War Protest Targets Busy Port Of Oakland [Fox Reno] (More info) (IMAGES) 01-May-2008
USA / Iraq May Day: Longshore workers will shut down West Coast ports to stop the war [www.transportworkers.org] (More info) (IMAGES) 01-May-2008
USA / Iraq Longshore union strikes against war [Seattle Post Intelligencer] (More info) (IMAGES) 01-May-2008
Global / Iraq Iraqi port workers to shut down ports for 1 hr May Day in solidarity with ILWU W Coast port shutdown [www.transportworkers.org] (More info) 01-May-2008
USA Labor's First Strike Against the War Gains Momentum [AlterNet] 24-Apr-2008
Iraq IFJ calls on Iraqi Parliament to act now overlaw to protect journalists [IFJ] 21-Apr-2008