U.S. Labor Against the War is sponsoring a visit by Iraqi trade union leaders to cities across the country through June 24th.
Please see this link for tour dates:
http://uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=8157
Six Iraqi labor leaders will be touring the US to speak with the labor movement to both educate US trade unionists about the conditions faced by Iraqi workers and their struggles and to build direct worker-to-worker, union-to-union solidarity and support for Iraqi trade unionists in their effort to build a progressive secular Iraq.
As many of you may know already Saddam's prohibitions on labor unions was a law conspicuously left on the books when U.S. occupation authorities wiped the slate clean in the wake of the invasion. It illustrates the point that the right to organize for dignity, respect and a living wage is not a freedom the Republican administration recognizes in any shape or form.
Don't miss this unique chance to meet Iraqi social movement leaders who are bravely standing up to repression from all sides.
For some more background check out http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org and see this article from the Chronicle by David Bacon:
http://uslaboragainstwar.org/downloads/sfchronicle-iraq-fullpage.pdf