Wednesday, August 31

IFTU protests military attacks on workers

A US military helicopter indiscriminently attacked workers without any justification gathered in Alawi Al-Hilla district in Baghdad on 15 August 2005, where the Transport and Communication Workers' Union has its head office injuring 26 workers who were taken to hospital.

IFTU strongly condemns this act of violence and is calling on the American miliitary forces in iraq to issue an apology and compensate injured workers.

IFTU is also calling upon Iraq's transitional government to investigate this incident and demand that such incident must not be repeated again by US forces.

IFTU
Baghdad 17 August 2005

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