tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52999432855100800182024-03-13T01:54:31.844-07:00IRAQ UNION SOLIDARITY SCOTLANDSolidarity with Iraqi workers.
A website for trade unionists in Scotland supporting workers in Iraq (including those currently unemployed) and all the various forms of organised labour.
There are stalls most Saturdays at Noon outside Dunnes on Sauchiehall Street - to check stall is going ahead e-mail:
iraqunionsolidarityscotland@yahoo.co.uk
or phone Mobile: 07979 421 475.
For extensive news , reports and links
on Iraqi workers organisations see
http://www.iraqunionsolidarity.orgIUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-80092182113938393202009-05-21T08:00:00.000-07:002009-05-21T08:01:59.741-07:00UnionBook-The social networking site for trade unionists.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHS8oVcHqPlCMTQue9BcYd4g6j6PEBDdQ6AWn1oasyICltlkMIVd1OpROz-nyxH5tKZvRKk6I2-C_Pj5RZ58bWJ9lDA_R4Xo6uwPoLG2Zva4vw28JGAbir1hmzvejjmy97DuFXDGoRAerZ/s1600-h/contentarea_pic.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 66px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHS8oVcHqPlCMTQue9BcYd4g6j6PEBDdQ6AWn1oasyICltlkMIVd1OpROz-nyxH5tKZvRKk6I2-C_Pj5RZ58bWJ9lDA_R4Xo6uwPoLG2Zva4vw28JGAbir1hmzvejjmy97DuFXDGoRAerZ/s320/contentarea_pic.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338292465549466978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84XMQebZjIyjgK2M0uEvbI61hVJFKiFsQDg7guOl2N1c4d5C41aomY7PIzzLnEyDPiYqUKlMwJSw9JJb39_EQ83ZUgo0hkFYtNsRkacv1s3n1e3fWdz0a0byal4kRgij2J6joAgkoDvMv/s1600-h/unionbook.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 205px; height: 64px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84XMQebZjIyjgK2M0uEvbI61hVJFKiFsQDg7guOl2N1c4d5C41aomY7PIzzLnEyDPiYqUKlMwJSw9JJb39_EQ83ZUgo0hkFYtNsRkacv1s3n1e3fWdz0a0byal4kRgij2J6joAgkoDvMv/s320/unionbook.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338292221455471858" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.unionbook.org/">http://www.unionbook.org/</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-34049134122978393302009-05-21T07:52:00.000-07:002009-05-21T07:57:02.270-07:00Iran protest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54K9pM-xvK_fXqPNOtomdlmGZpc6fW6laDjgqDRehRYySfWqWqfic52hTnLYZv4hNhhJfhjAVR1pCqngtdMLUVZQqEpc6-YwZ_R2l9qZR612RnIAH6Fe89b2WtiZffzfnfpOUlhuGZH54/s1600-h/indexheader17.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 84px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54K9pM-xvK_fXqPNOtomdlmGZpc6fW6laDjgqDRehRYySfWqWqfic52hTnLYZv4hNhhJfhjAVR1pCqngtdMLUVZQqEpc6-YwZ_R2l9qZR612RnIAH6Fe89b2WtiZffzfnfpOUlhuGZH54/s320/indexheader17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338291365516979618" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1032&theme=rights&country=iran">http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1032&theme=rights&country=iran</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-49136654978999186002008-07-01T08:21:00.000-07:002008-07-01T08:29:07.273-07:00First International Labor Conference in Iraq More info : <a href="http://www.iraqunionsolidarity.org/">http://www.iraqunionsolidarity.org/</a><br /><br /><strong>Message From the Preparatory Committee for the First International Labor Conference in Iraq</strong><br /><br />Dear Brothers and Sisters in the global struggle for workers’ rights, peace and justice:<br /><br />Plans are underway to hold an International Labor Conference in Iraq in August 2008. We see this as an important and urgent step toward strengthening and unifying the labor movement in Iraq. Only through increased solidarity in Iraq, and with workers in the region and around the world can we hope to impact the fate not only of workers but of all Iraqis.<br /><br />We call upon all unions and labor organizations around the world to support this conference morally and financially. Your expressions of solidarity with workers in Iraq in the past have given us a lifeline of hope. Your continued participation and support for this conference will buoy and strengthen the Iraqi labor movement. Only through unity can we hope to achieve democracy, freedom, security and prosperity.<br /><br />Iraq's labor movement is a force for unifying our nation. A strong labor movement is also essential to the future of any democracy in Iraq. Labor unions transcend the sectarian conflict unleashed by the U.S.-led occupation. The invasion and occupation turned Iraq into an arena for settling international accounts and a base for exporting terrorism to the world. Workers represent the majority of Iraqis who do not have any interest in the ongoing terrorist violence. When sectarian gangs have attempted to transfer their conflicts into the ranks of workers, they have been rejected.<br /><br />Iraq's labor unions are the glue that binds Iraqi people in the north, center and south. In some areas, the glue is strong, but in other areas of the country unions are isolated. Our goal with the August conference is to strengthen the ties between all worker organizations and focus on our common priorities. Those who feel isolated need to know that they have support from the international labor movement.<br /><br />Iraqi workers need your support if we are to speak in one voice to reclaim our sovereignty. <br /><br />Five years of invasion, war and occupation have brought nothing but death, destruction, misery and suffering to our people. Millions of Iraqis, the majority of them workers, have been killed, wounded and displaced inside and outside of Iraq as a result of the U.S.-led occupation.<br /><br />In the name of our “liberation” the invaders have destroyed our nation's infrastructure, bombed our neighbourhoods, broken into our homes, traumatized our children, assaulted and arrested many of our family members and neighbours, permitted the looting of our national treasures, and turned nearly twenty percent of our people into refugees.<br /><br />The occupation is determined to impose its economic and political will on Iraqis. The occupiers came with designs on our national riches - our oil - and schemes to privatize our industries, utilities, ports and public services and to put Iraq's national resources under the control of foreign corporations and international financial institutions.<br /><br />All decisions, decrees and resolutions of the dictatorship have been nullified or changed except the ones that concern the working class. In fact, the occupation has added more unjust conditions to complement those created by the former regime.<br /><br />In violation of every precept of internationally recognized labor rights, the occupation has banned trade unions in the public sector, privatized state-owned and run enterprises, intervened in workers’ affairs by proposing to recognize only one government-approved labor federation, and blocked any legislation that protects workers from poverty, disease and unjust employers. Our union offices have been raided. Union property has been seized and destroyed. Our bank accounts have been frozen.<br /><br />In the last five years workers have been the target of terrorist acts in their workplaces and homes. Our leaders have been beaten, arrested, abducted and assassinated. Our rights as workers are routinely violated.<br /><br />Now the U.S. administration attempts to provoke and threaten war with Iran. We condemn these actions and will struggle to prevent another disastrous war on Iran where the victims will always be the workers, their families and loved ones.<br /><br />We believe that the workers of Iraq can form a strong front for social justice and peace if supported by our brothers and sisters in the region and around the world. <br /><br />Please help us take a stand against this disastrous situation that will have catastrophic implications for the workers of Iraq and threatens the peace and security of the entire world.<br /><br />We call on your support and ask for your presence at the conference.<br /><br />We need your financial help to underwrite the high costs of this conference. We need to raise more than $150,000. <br /><br />We want your participation. The conference will take place from August 22nd through to 24th, 2008 in the city of Erbil, a relatively stable area of Iraq in the north, in a secure location. Please let us know if your organization will send observers. Their safety can be assured.<br /><br />In SolidarityIUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-17552866561368833172008-06-23T08:50:00.000-07:002008-06-23T08:51:14.162-07:00100 Labour news items on Iraq<a href="http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/newsquery1.pl?searchtext=iraq&language=en&number=100">http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/newsquery1.pl?searchtext=iraq&language=en&number=100</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-69807052082344565312008-03-21T11:20:00.001-07:002008-12-09T10:56:46.453-08:00Iran<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-U3BE3-fPe9EqrbyV9DwXnONLH780J5xC2ccJnbOYDmZwxuzMyL-Cj38pfPwKKCfzkmwRz6gTfizKmVMoVE8pOcTxAbtkAdfOk6tonI1ye2AMFKpkW6cidhgGQu9VeP7-tKZ-oupdwL3/s1600-h/7230.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-U3BE3-fPe9EqrbyV9DwXnONLH780J5xC2ccJnbOYDmZwxuzMyL-Cj38pfPwKKCfzkmwRz6gTfizKmVMoVE8pOcTxAbtkAdfOk6tonI1ye2AMFKpkW6cidhgGQu9VeP7-tKZ-oupdwL3/s320/7230.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180261660498687906" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=339">http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=339</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-87244956422711160462008-03-18T04:57:00.000-07:002008-03-18T04:58:31.661-07:00Teachers told to rewrite history with sanitised account of Iraq war<a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/article3515268.ece">http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/article3515268.ece</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-40809024134541645452008-03-18T04:53:00.000-07:002008-03-18T04:55:18.001-07:00US dockers plan<strong>US dockers plan strike to end occupation of Iraq</strong><br /><br />As workers in struggle went to press we heard news of<br />the plans of American dockers to stage a strike on May<br />1st against the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.<br />The International Longshore and Warehouse Union<br />conference in San Francisco has passed a motion<br />“calling on unions and working people in the US and<br />internationally to mobilize for a "No Peace No Work<br />Holiday" on May 1, 2008 for 8 hours to demand an<br />immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and<br />Afghanistan and the withdrawal of US troops from the<br />Middle East”.<br /><br />Citing the fact that both the Republicans and Democrats<br />are committed to continuing occupations of Iraq and<br />Afghanistan and threaten a fresh war against Iran, the<br />dockers argue for workers to take the initiative<br />themselves and mount industrial action against war.<br />This call to the international labour movement echoed<br />the actions of train drivers in Motherwell and Italian<br />dockers who in 2003 refused to transport weapons<br />intended for use in Iraq, as well as teachers in Oakland<br />who staged a strike against the occupation last May.<br /><br />Solidarity with workers in the Middle East must include<br />working-class action against our own governments and<br />the building of an internationalist workers’ movement<br />opposed to war and imperialism. The call of the ILWU<br />dockers for strike action on May 1st must be amplified<br />in order to guarantee and effective action demonstrating<br />the power of the organised working class and promoting<br />international labour movement unity.IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-31760727637930941602008-03-18T04:50:00.000-07:002008-03-18T04:53:00.300-07:00Deadly Cargo Screening<strong>Deadly Cargo </strong><br /><br />Deadly Cargo Screening<br /><br />Tracking the Nuclear Warhead Convoy <br /><br />The UK premiere of Deadly Cargo will take place on Saturday the 29th of March at the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) Rose Street Glasgow between 12.30pm - 2pm.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.camcorderguerillas.net/">http://www.camcorderguerillas.net/</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-37472507941948764912008-03-08T04:31:00.000-08:002008-03-08T04:32:26.980-08:00Workers Middle East Solidarity Newsletter<a href="http://www.dlandmj.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ftp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/workersinstruggle1.pdf ">http://www.dlandmj.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ftp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/workersinstruggle1.pdf </a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-8882412593707476542008-02-25T08:57:00.001-08:002008-02-25T08:57:57.262-08:00March 6th Action on Iran<a href="www.itfglobal.org/campaigns/freeosanloo.cfm">www.itfglobal.org/campaigns/freeosanloo.cfm</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-912194190083164652008-02-25T08:49:00.000-08:002008-02-25T08:50:49.677-08:00Iran: Release jailed workers, respect rightsThe ITUC and the ITF are organising a global action day on 6 March 2008 to express our solidarity with Iranian workers once again. We want Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi released immediately and unconditionally from prison. Their health conditions are deteriorating.<br /><br />We also demand that fundamental workers' rights be respected in Iran, in accordance with the ILO core conventions. The imprisonment of Osanloo and Salehi are not isolated cases in Iran. Nine education workers were sentenced to 91 days in prison recently. The Iranian authorities claim they are "threats to the national security" although in reality, it is genuine trade union activities they want to crush.<br /><br />Oppression of the independent workers' movement in Iran is escalating. That is why the global unions, together with human rights activists, wish to send a strong message to the Iranian government. 6 March falls two weeks prior to the Iranian New Year and the parliamentary elections.IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-24272875337636272542008-01-30T05:06:00.000-08:002008-01-30T05:09:38.599-08:00NO OIL FOR OCCUPATION! TRADE UNION RIGHTS NOW!Demonstrate at the Middle East Energy 2008 conference attended by Iraqi<br />Oil Minister Dr Hussein al Shahristani<br /><br /><strong>When? Tuesday 5th February 2008</strong><br />Where? Royal Institute of International Affairs<br />10 St James's Square, London SW1Y 4LE (map: http://tinyurl.com/38gajj) <br />What time? From 8.30am<br /><br />Called by the Hands Off Iraqi Oil campaign, www.handsoffiraqioil.org <br /><br /><strong>Tell Iraq's Oil Minister:</strong><br /><br />No Oil for Occupation! - privatisation laws and contracts signed under<br />occupation can have no validity. The vast majority of Iraqis want an<br />immediate end to the military and economic occupation of their country.<br />Most Iraqis also want their resources to stay in the public sector.<br /><br />Trade Union Recognition Now! - stop using dictatorship laws to repress<br />trade unionism <br /><br />Dr Shahristani also refuses to recognise trade unions in Iraq. He has<br />issued decrees for the national oil company not to negotiate with unions<br />and ordered the shut-down of union offices.<br /><br />Iraq's economic future and potential independence hangs in the balance.<br />Iraqi oil accounts for approximately 90% of government revenue.<br />Whoever control's Iraq's oil development has a controlling stake in the<br />country's overall development. Since 2003, the British and US governments,<br />and international oil companies have been pushing for an oil law which<br />will hand over control of Iraq's oil to foreign companies. <br /><br />In spite of massive military, political and economic pressure, from<br />Britain and the US, opposition at every level of Iraqi society has meant<br />that this law cannot be passed in its present form.<br /><br />Despite mass opposition to the draft Oil Law, Oil Minister Dr Hussein<br />al Shahristani has declared Iraq 'open for business' and invited oil<br />companies to invest under existing Baath regime legislation. <br /><br />Trade Union Recognition Now! <br />Dr Shahristani is also applying Saddam Hussein's anti-union laws,re-imposed by the occupation authorities and now kept on the law books by<br />the Iraqi authorities. This is clearly unacceptable and ironic given<br />Shahristani's imprisonment by the Ba'ath regime for over 10 years.<br /><br />Iraq's trade unions have called the contracts pushed by the foreign<br />companies and the Oil Law - Production Sharing Agreements - a 'red line'.<br />PSAs will allow foreign companies to control the development and<br />depletion of oil reserves for 25 years. Once signed, PSAs will not be<br />re-negotiable. Iraq's sovereignty will be surrendered and its economic future<br />effectively mortgaged to the agendas of oil companies.<br /><br />End the military and econmic occupation<br />We are asking the Minister of Oil to listen to the Iraqi people,<br />particularly those who work in the oil sector, in their demands for a<br />democratic process for deciding how and by whom Iraqi oil will be controlled. <br /><br />We are calling for an immediate end to economic and military occupation<br />by foreign interests.<br /><br />No to PSAs, No Oil for Occupation!<br />All Troops and Occupation Institutions Out Now!<br />Union Recognition and Resource Democracy Now!IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-73110856354157724592007-12-17T03:28:00.000-08:002007-12-17T03:30:02.327-08:00Coalition to Stop Deportations to IraqDear Friends,<br /> <br />1. If you have not so already could you please sign up to the group below to be sure of getting updates from the Coalition to Stop Deportations to Iraq (CSDIraq).<br /> <br />yahoo groups : <br /><a href="http://uk.groups. yahoo.com/ group/nodeportat ionstoiraq/">http://uk.groups. yahoo.com/ group/nodeportat ionstoiraq/</a><br /> <br /> <br />a. please protest to Home Office at forcible deportation of Arian Kamal Aziz <br /> <br /> <br />Regards<br />Administrator<br />Coalition to Stop Deportations to IraqIUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-5503879964271421172007-11-26T11:12:00.000-08:002007-11-26T11:14:59.953-08:00Interview with Mansour Osanloo<strong>Interview with Mansour Osanloo</strong><br />Iranian trade union leader Mansour Osanloo has been relentlessly persecuted for his efforts to secure an independent trade union and living wages for bus workers. Yet, as he explained in an interview with Transport International shortly before his latest arrest, he does not see himself as anti-government, and believes there are signs of hope for workers’ rights and freedoms in Iran.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.itfglobal.org/transport-international/ti29-osanloo.cfm">http://www.itfglobal.org/transport-international/ti29-osanloo.cfm</a><br /><br />Updates<br /> <br />18 November<br />Reza Dehghan, Union of the Painters (Sandicika Nagash) was arrested. He was summoned by court and then taken to Evin prison.<br /><br />15 November<br />Mansour Osanloo was moved from Ward 209 to Ward 7 in Evin prison. On the same day, he was taken briefly to Basir Hospital for his eye checkup. <br /> <br />Gorban Alipour, the Haftapeh Sugar Factory spokesperson was released on $US10,000 bail.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.iranlabourwatch.net">http://www.iranlabourwatch.net</a><br /> <br />16 November<br />ITF Dockers' Section Steering Committee resolves to support to the Free Osanloo Campaign.<br /> <br />10 November<br />General Union of Transport Workers of Palestine sends its message of solidarity to the Tehran Bus Workers Union (texts attached).<br /> <br />I'm wearing the badge!<br /> <br />Trade unionists to the recent meetings, including the ITUC meeting on Middle East and North Africa, ITF Dockers' Section as well as the ILO Governing Body meeting, have worn the Free Osanloo badge to express their solidarity to the Iranian workers' movement.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/itf/sets/72157602429966468/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/itf/sets/72157602429966468/</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-82199715632078417942007-11-22T03:25:00.000-08:002007-11-22T03:27:13.530-08:00Anti- Racist Rally 11am Glasgow Sat 24th NovDear IUSS Supporters,<br /> <br /><strong>Come and join IUSS at the annual STUC Anti Racist March and Rally at 11am, Blythwood Square, ending at Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose Street 12noon. </strong><br /> <br />Chair: Georgia Cruickshank, STUC Black Workers’ Committee <br />Speakers: Kainde Manji, Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance <br /> Phil McGarry, STUC President <br /> Aamer Anwar <br /> Anas Sarwar <br /> Humza YousafIUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-1038980800618297732007-11-12T13:20:00.001-08:002007-11-12T13:20:33.856-08:00HOPI Conference<a href="http://www.hopoi.org/conference.html">http://www.hopoi.org/conference.html</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-32469091980187452712007-11-12T12:56:00.000-08:002007-11-12T13:00:12.491-08:00Next IUSS Meeting Nov 19th<strong>The next IUSS meeting will be on Monday November 19th, 7pm at 80 Oakfied Avenue, Glasgow. </strong><br /> <br />Please see these websites and attachment below for information regarding the huge scale of the refugee crisis caused by the war in Iraq, and the lack of responsibility being taken for it by the US and UK governments:-<br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/32rvce ">http://tinyurl.com/32rvce </a>for informative Voices UK Newsletter<br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/24g3ny ">http://tinyurl.com/24g3ny </a>for UNHCR statistics<br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/24hfrg ">http://tinyurl.com/24hfrg </a>for an article about the host countries who receive refugees having been left in the lurch<br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ytjqx6 ">http://tinyurl.com/ytjqx6 </a>for an article from Amnesty International about millions of Iraqi refugees in flight.<br /> <br />Iraqi comrades from the ICP have sent this link which confirms our view about the war being in order for the US administration to gain control over Iraqs oil, its at <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n20/holto1_.html ">www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n20/holto1_.html </a><br /> <br />Postings about Iran include the tragic news that Mansour Ossanlou of the Teheran busworkers union has received a 5 year jail sentence for his trade union activity. See <br /><a href="http://www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/1650">http://www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/1650</a> .<br /><br />Also please see and sign the attached petition to release women prisoners who are sentenced to jail and flogging for their stance in upholding womens rights and for criticising the Islamic regime, the petiton is at <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/maryam20/petition.htlm">www.petitiononline.com/maryam20/petition.htlm</a>. Also see attachments from Iran about the seemingly imminent US war against the people of Iran and Womens Liberation.<br /> <br />If you have not already signed the letter to stop Aamer Anwar, the soliciter who defended Mohammed Siddique from being charged with contempot of court, please do so by going to <a href="http://www.sacc.org.uk/defendaamer ">www.sacc.org.uk/defendaamer </a><br /> <br />Aamer Anwar will be speaking at a meeting on Defending Civil Liberties on November 13th, 7.30pm at the Mitchell Theatre, Granville Street, Glasgow (doors open 7pm) organised by Scotland Against Criminalising Communities and Glasgow Stop the War Coalition.IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-27375197206490145432007-11-06T05:00:00.001-08:002007-11-06T05:00:56.079-08:00Discussion Forum<a href=" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iuss "> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iuss </a><br /><br />Group email:iuss@yahoogroups.comIUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-62497643644602421922007-11-03T10:35:00.000-07:002007-11-03T10:36:03.451-07:00Organised Labour photos on Anti-war Demos<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12541352@N06/sets/72157602772168801/with/1794542001/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/12541352@N06/sets/72157602772168801/with/1794542001/</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-50814801391800622652007-11-03T10:32:00.000-07:002007-11-03T10:33:13.461-07:00Reports from 27th Anti-war Demos in US cities<a href="http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?list=type&type=118">http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?list=type&type=118</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-80996061176067145432007-11-03T10:28:00.000-07:002007-11-03T10:30:55.345-07:00Good Interview with 50 Iraq Vets<a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070730/hedges">http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070730/hedges</a><br /><br />All "The Nation" articles on Iraq<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thenation.com/search/search.mhtml">http://www.thenation.com/search/search.mhtml</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-21264526264797066982007-11-03T10:22:00.001-07:002007-11-03T10:22:58.873-07:00Iran Bulletin<a href="http://www.iran-bulletin.org/">http://www.iran-bulletin.org/</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-34048275331191368902007-11-02T12:35:00.000-07:002008-12-09T10:56:46.753-08:00Iran Act Now<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgwfmBcB2LPqtNFKK9EC6d00Wg7BWkEPaTloJGtM6d_vi41iqf1UVc29DzSdvKF3SjnffPbdAzrw9M9H34SRzBOLogfp9E54zb2ywoclLyWEIs7QEQlDbX7CmPrkqXBqEHsmzogQrGPe8/s1600-h/ActNowLink.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgwfmBcB2LPqtNFKK9EC6d00Wg7BWkEPaTloJGtM6d_vi41iqf1UVc29DzSdvKF3SjnffPbdAzrw9M9H34SRzBOLogfp9E54zb2ywoclLyWEIs7QEQlDbX7CmPrkqXBqEHsmzogQrGPe8/s320/ActNowLink.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128329219506011554" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://iranlabourwatch.net/DisplayArticle.aspx?ID=547">http://iranlabourwatch.net/DisplayArticle.aspx?ID=547</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-88991169225043098452007-11-02T12:32:00.000-07:002007-11-02T12:33:38.100-07:00Osanloo sentence ‘appals world opinion’Press area<br /><br />Osanloo sentence ‘appals world opinion’<br /><br />30 October 2007<br /><br />Commenting on news that Iranian trade union leader Mansour Osanloo has been sentenced to five years imprisonment ITF General Secretary David Cockroft said: “We have just heard that an injured, victimised trade unionist has been condemned to jail on charges that would be laughable if they weren’t so serious.”<br /><br />“For two years Mansour Osanloo has fought back against the Iranian regime’s brutality. Now they are trying to crush him with spurious accusations of endangering national security and criticising the regime. We know – the world knows – that Mansour’s only crime in their eyes is to have asserted his right to belong to a trade union.”<br /><br />He continued: “This sentence appals world opinion. Mansour has been an example to us all and to see him treated this way – beaten, arrested, rearrested, intimidated and nearly blinded – brings shame on the government of Iran. We have tried to reason with them and detected at least some sympathy for what he stands for, but that has now clearly been overruled by the hardliners.”<br /><br />“The international trade union movement, including across the Islamic world, has fought all the way for Mansour and his colleagues and we will continue to do so. We will be alerting them now, along with the International Labour Organization, before planning a new wave of protests.”<br /><br />He concluded: “If the government get away with this then they will hand out the same treatment to Mansour’s deputy, Ebrahim Madadi, and all of the 17,000 members of the union will be at risk.”<br /><br />Mansour Osanloo, 47, is the President of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (Sherkat-e Vahed) trade union, which has been violently repressed by the Iranian authorities. Osanloo has been made a particular target for imprisonment and brutal attacks. He is currently being held in Evin prison in Tehran. See www.freeosanloo.org for further information. A short film on the Osanloo case can be seen at <a href="www.itfglobal.org/campaigns/osanloo-film.cfm ">www.itfglobal.org/campaigns/osanloo-film.cfm </a>ENDSIUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299943285510080018.post-7237099870107355442007-11-02T05:42:00.000-07:002007-11-02T05:43:04.920-07:00Rank and File Postie site<a href="http://cwurankandfile.wordpress.com/">http://cwurankandfile.wordpress.com/</a>IUSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505497007159071169noreply@blogger.com0