Abdullah Muhsin, the foreign representative of the IFTU, during his recent visit to Iraq 15 April 2004 met with Hassan Juma, President of the Oil and Gas workers' union in the Southern Oil Company (SOC) in Basra. Also present were the President of IFTU's Basra branch and a member of the Basra IFTU executive committee. Mr Juma the SOC Union President said: "We pledge our continuing support for the IFTU and plan to develop further the SOC union's active involvement as an integral part of the democratic structures of the IFTU in Basra." (See photo attached.)
