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September 21, 6:30p.m., Iraq Labor Tour in Philly - "The Prospects for Peace in Iraq and the Struggle for Workers' Rights"

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begins: Sep 21, 7:30 pm

ends: Sep 10, 10:00 pm

location: Arch Street Friends Meeting, 4th & Arch Streets, Philadelphia

Iraq Labor Tour in Philly!

Monday, September 21, Arch Street Friends Meeting, 4th & Arch Street Philadelphia
(Free parking at rear of Meetinghouse)

The Prospects for Peace in Iraq and the Struggle for Workers' Rights 

6:30 PM Reception (Light refreshments will be served.)  
7:00-9:00 PM - Forum Presentation & Discussion

Come hear a Panel of Iraqi Labor Leaders:
Falah Alwan, President, Federation of Workers' Council & Unions in Iraq
Rasim Al-Awady, President, General Federation of Iraqi Workers
Hassan Juma'a, President, Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions
Sardar Mohammed, President, Iraqi Kurdish Workers' Syndicates & Unions
Nabil Mulhim, Foreign Affairs Officer, Kurdish General Workers Syndicates in Iraq

Come hear:
How Iraqis view the continued US occupation and the beginning of the US withdrawal from Iraq.
How unions in Iraq struggle in the face of a US-imposed law that bans most unions in Iraq.

Hosted by US Labor Against the War, Iraq Veterans Against the War,Peace & Social Concerns Committee of Phila. Yearly Meeting; Endorsed by Brandywine Peace Community, Catholic Peace Fellowship, Phila. AFL-CIO, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way-Teamsters, United Steelworkers Local 10-1, Veterans for Peace - Chapter #31 (list in formation).

Information:  www.uslaboragainstwar.org John Braxton morbraxton@aol.com 215/ 724-1571; Bob Smith brandywine@juno.com 610/544-1818

 



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