TO THE GFIW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Brussels 25 April 2007
On behalf of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers Unions, the Global Union Federation, representing 20 million workers in the Mine, Energy, Chemical and related Process Industries I was again shocked and appalled to hear of the death of trade union leader, Brother Moaaid Hamid, the Vice President of GFIW in the province of Nineveh as well as his wife, following clashes between forces of the Iraqi army and terrorist elements in the province.