ETF supports the Port Workers' Union at Khour Al-Zubeir Port in Iraq

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ETF supports the Port Workers' Union at Khour Al-Zubeir Port in Iraq, which has had its offices and committees closed by the port authority. Its officers are also facing intimidation. The union is a member of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers. Both organisations are affiliated to the ITF.

The ETF has written to the Minister of Transport calling for an end to the unjust treatment of the Iraqi Port Workers’ Union, which includes:

• Closure of the union offices and committees 
• Depriving the union's board members of their salaries 
• The transfer of board members to a location 550km away from their normal workplace and their homes. 
• Intimidation of board members' families 
• Issuing an order for the arrest of the union board members under Convention No. 150 (1987), a law introduced by Saddam Hussein banning public sector workers from joining trade unions.

Related documents:
ETF Solidarity Letter Iraq (251kb DOC)

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