On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 the GFIW Held an Open Forum To Discuss the Labour and Social Security Laws.
The forum was moderated by Mr. Taleb Kazim Tai / The Head of the Mechanics Workers Union, and Mr. Hussein Ali Mendan / Associate Director-General of the Department of Labour and Social.
The meeting was attended by Rahim Ali and the Mahdi Haseeb Members of the Executive Committee of the General Federation Iraqi Workers.
The forum disused the labour law 71 of 1987 and social security and retirement law 39 of 1971.
The forum concluded by emphasising on the importance to enact a new labour, social security and retirement laws that adhere to the ILO fundamentals’.