Iraqi Trade Unions

EDM number 1689 in 2005-06, proposed by David Anderson on 27/02/2006.

That this House supports the independent and democratic Iraqi trade union movement, mainly centred around the newly merged Iraqi Workers' Federation (IWF) and the Kurdish trade unions, which play an important role in the re-building of Iraq's devastated national economy and consolidating the current political process in order to create a democratic, united and federal state after years of repression and hardship at the hands of the deposed dictatorship of Saddam Hussein; is, therefore, deeply disturbed that on 8th August 2005 the Iraqi Council of Ministers issued decree 8750 which declared that union finances would be taken over by the government and that a new law on trade unionism would be developed by the government, without mentioning freedom of association, which is a basic human right and one of the fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), or the involvement of the Iraqi trade union movement; is further disturbed at recent reports that the Iraqi government has replaced the leadership of the independent engineers' union with its own appointeees in a prima facie breach of freedom of association; welcomes the decision of Iraqi professional organisations to create jointly with the IWF an umbrella organisation to oppose decree 8750; congratulates the TUC for initiating global protests against decree 8750 and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions for supporting the IWF's complaint formally requesting that the ILO intervene directly with the Iraqi government; and supports the IWF and others in all available democratic means to stop this undemocratic practice against Iraqi workers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 74 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Anderson	27/02/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Proposed
Joan Ruddock	27/02/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Seconded
Dai Havard	27/02/2006	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Seconded
Rob Marris	27/02/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Seconded
Sharon Hodgson	27/02/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	27/02/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	27/02/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	27/02/2006	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	27/02/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Madeleine Moon	28/02/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	28/02/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	28/02/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Dobbin	28/02/2006	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	28/02/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	28/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	28/02/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	28/02/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Drew	01/03/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	01/03/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/03/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	01/03/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	01/03/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/03/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	01/03/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	01/03/2006	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/03/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/03/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	01/03/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	01/03/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	01/03/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	02/03/2006	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Winnick	02/03/2006	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	02/03/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	02/03/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/03/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	02/03/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	06/03/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	06/03/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	07/03/2006	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/03/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	07/03/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Frank Doran	07/03/2006	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	07/03/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	07/03/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	08/03/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	09/03/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	09/03/2006	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	10/03/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/03/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	13/03/2006	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	13/03/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	14/03/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	15/03/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	15/03/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	15/03/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	16/03/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	16/03/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	17/03/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Nick Brown	17/03/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Natascha Engel	20/03/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/03/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	28/03/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	29/03/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	30/03/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	18/04/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	18/04/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/04/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	18/04/2006	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	25/04/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	26/04/2006	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
John Smith	27/04/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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