David Cockroft, General Secretary of global union federation the ITF, today condemned the murder of Ahmed Adris Abbas, member of the Transport and Communication Workers’ Union and the IFTU (Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions). Cockroft said: “We are saddened to learn of the second murder of a trade union leader in as many months, and appalled that those who faced the worst that Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship could throw at them are slaughtered as they fight for the rights and living standards of their fellow countrymen and women.
Posted at March 3, 2005 01:08 AM