Dear comrade,
It is with deep sorrow that we have known about the torture and vile assassination of Hadi Salih, trade unionist and member of IFTU executive committee. Please extend to your organisation and to Hadi Salih's family CCOO's condolence and solidarity message in this sad moment.
This terrorist act is a serious loss for the Iraqi and Arab workers' movement but will not stop the rebuilding of a democratic workers' movement in Iraq and the popular move for a democratic state. We recently met comrade Salih at Miyazaki, during the ICFTU Congress, and we were deeply impressed for his courage and commitment with the Iraq workers. Now, he and his memory deserve that all efforts should be done for continuing with the building of a free and democratic trade union movement that could ensure the respect of human rights for all citizens and for the Iraqi workers.
Together with our colleagues from all ICFTU member organisations, we express once again our sympathy for his death and our support to all of you in your struggle.
Jose Marķa Fidalgo
General Secretary,
Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO.),
Spain