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3 June 2009
UPDATE: World protests to demand union rights for Iranian workers
A campaign website has been launched to support the June 26th...
19 May 2009
Joint ITUC, EI, ITF, IUF release: World protests to demand union rights for Iranian workers (Also in French and Spanish language versions)
Four global union organisations representing over 170 million...
30 April 2009
May Day launch for Farsi trade union guide
The ITF and Dutch union the FNV will launch a trade union...
27 April 2009
Union coalition warns Iran govt off May Day repression
A coalition of four international trade union organisations...
29 August 2008
Ali Reza Saghafi released
The ITF is pleased to announce that it has learned that Iranian...
27 August 2008
ITF decries detention of Ali Reza Saghafi
ITF Assistant General Secretary Stuart Howard today condemned...
10 July 2008
Iran one year on: Osanloo still jailed, workers still oppressed
A year to the day since his violent arrest the ITF,...
10 June 2008
ITF speech to ILO tomorrow: ‘market forces can’t deliver us from crises’
In a speech to the ILO (International Labour Organization) in...
8 April 2008
Campaigners welcome Salehi release
The ITUC, ITF and Amnesty International today welcomed the...
5 March 2008
Mass support for Osanloo release: UK events
Hundreds of thousands of people will take to the streets in...
5 March 2008
World support for Osanloo release
Hundreds of thousands of people will take to the streets in...
5 March 2008
ITF puts spotlight on Iranian ships in defence of jailed union leader
The ITF has begun visiting Iranian government owned ships as...
25 February 2008
March 6th will be day for Osanloo
Events will be held in London, Brussels and worldwide on 6...
7 February 2008
World rail day will also back Osanloo
The ITF, which has led campaigning for Iranian trade unionist...
17 December 2007
ITF welcomes release of Madadi - but is concerned about Salehi
In response to the release yesterday of Ebrahim Madadi, the...
30 October 2007
Osanloo sentence ‘appals world opinion’
Commenting on news that Iranian trade union leader Mansour...
22 October 2007
Mansour Osanloo receives emergency eye treatment
Following major protests last week the ITF is delighted to have...
17 October 2007
After visit to Iran ITF rep challenges ambassador to TV debate
Speaking after his recent return from a mission to Iran, Hanafi...
16 October 2007
Iranian government risks blinding Osanloo
The ITF is condemning the latest tactic in what it describes...
12 October 2007
Support for Iranian regime victim is part of global road transport week
Next week’s global road transport week (15 to 21 October...
8 October 2007
ITF representative in Iran on mission to visit Osanloo
Indonesian representatives of the ITF (International Transport...
9 August 2007
As day of action begins Iran govt responds with arrests and intimidation
Today’s worldwide day of action to free jailed union leader...
8 August 2007
Protests against Iranian government repression worldwide tomorrow
Trade unionists will protest tomorrow, 9 August, at Iranian...
27 July 2007
World day of action to free Iranian union leader
Trade unions are planning a worldwide day of action in two...
12 July 2007
Snatched union leader discovered in jail
After a desperate round of inquiries by family and friends, the...
12 July 2007
Brief update on abduction of Mansour Osanloo
Ref abduction yesterday of Iranian trade unionist Mansour...
11 July 2007
Trade unions fight to protect kidnapped Iranian
The international trade union movement has mobilised to free...
4 July 2007
Protest pays off as Madadi is freed
Following international protests and this morning’s...
4 July 2007
ITF condemns latest Iran victimisation
The ITF today responded to the arrest in Tehran yesterday of...
14 December 2006
EU Presidency backs Iranian trade unionist
The ITF has welcomed what it describes as the ‘unprecedented’...
8 December 2006
Organisations redouble campaign for persecuted Iran unionists
With Human Rights Day taking place on Sunday and no let up in...
21 November 2006
Iranian re-arrest of brutalised trade unionist 'an outrage'
The ITF is describing the violent re-arrest of Iranian trade...
25 July 2006
Global unions launch UN complaint over Iranian repression
Global union the ITF and international union body the ICFTU...
14 February 2006
London protest against Iranian terror tactics
Trade unionists will demonstrate outside the Iranian Embassy in...
20 January 2006
Trade unionists back Iranian colleagues
Delegates from 50 urban transport trade unions in 31 countries...
