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To all labor, peace, and justice activists!
We need your assistance and participation. Attached is a sponsor letter
if you can assist in that way--but we also need help in a number of
areas--including assisting with getting the word out, security at
events, working the door and tables. We are still looking for
translators that can speak Arabic. We also plan to make these events as
accessible as possible for people with disabilities, so if you know of
sign language interpreters or can assist with creating signage we can
use your assistance with that as well.
Below you will find the basics of the tour. Please contact me with any
questions.
Andy Griggs for LA-US Labor Against the War 310-704-3217
Iraqi Labor Solidarity Tour - Los Angeles
Friday, June 8, 2007
12 noon - Labor Luncheon - LA County Federation of Labor
5 PM - Labor Reception and Forum - UCLA Downtown Labor Center
Saturday, June 9, 2007
4 PM - CTA Peace and Justice Caucus Forum - Bonaventure Hotel
7:30 PM - Community/Labor Solidarity Forum - United Teachers Los Angeles
Sunday, June 10, 2007
8:30 AM - Arlington West Visit (unconfirmed) - Arlington West, Santa
Monica Beach
For more information: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 626-392-6378
Hosted by LA-USLAW
Local Sponsors:
KPFK - Media Sponsor, LA County Federation of Labor, Fellowship of
Reconciliation, United Steelworkers, Local 675, AFT 1521, January 27
Coalition, United Teachers Los Angeles, Cal State LA College Faculty
Guild, CTA Peace & Justice Caucus, Coalition for World Peace,
Progressive Democrats LA, Military Families Speak Out - OC, LA-Iraq
Veterans Against the War, American Federation of State County & Municipal
Employees Council 36 Retiree Chapter, California Federation of Teachers,
American
Friends Service Committee, Cafe Intifada, The WE Project
About the tour
A rare opportunity for people in the US to dialogue directly with Iraqi
workers and labor leaders about current attempts to control Iraq's oil,
women's issues, the occupation, and the role of labor in creating
a-sectarian, progressive Iraq.
These courageous leaders struggled for years against Saddam Hussein's
repression. Now they have stepped forward to organize workers seeking
to improve conditions at their workplaces and in their lives under the
difficult conditions of occupation, sectarian division, and violence.
They are fighting not only for basic labor rights for all workers but
also for women's equality and against privatization of their national
resources.
Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, President
Electrical Utility Workers Union,
General Federation of Iraqi Workers
Sister Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein is the first woman to head a national
union in Iraq. Following high school, she went to work at the Southern
Company for Electricity, where she became active in the labor movement.
She rose to leadership of the Electricity Workers Union in Basra and
recently was elected its national president. She serves on the
executive committee of the Basra Work Unions Coalition. She is head of
the Women Workers' Bureau and is a leader in the Iraqi Women's
Association. She and her 7-year old son have received death threats as
a result of her activism.
Faleh Abood Umara, General Secretary
Southern Oil Company Union,
Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions
Brother Faleh Abood Umara is a founding member of the oil workers union
and worked for the Southern Oil Company in Basra for 28 years.In 1998,
he was detained by the Hussein regime for his activities on behalf of
his coworkers.He has served on the union's negotiating team with both
the Oil Ministry and British occupation authorities to defend the rights
and interests of oil industry workers in the post-Saddam era. The
Southern Oil Workers Union has conducted strikes against outsourcing to
foreign workers and schemes to privatize the oil sector.
National Dates (Full schedule of events will be posted at
www.uslaboragainstwar.org):
Washington DC: June 4-7
Los Angeles: June 7-10
San Francisco, Berkeley, San Jose, Santa Cruz: June 10-13
Boston: June 13-15
New York City: June 16-19
Philadelphia: June 19
Chicago/Milwaukee: June 20-23
Washington DC: June 24-26
Atlanta: June 27-28
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LA-US Labor Against the War PO Box 26382, Los Angeles, CA
90026 626-392-6378
Fellow Peace and Justice Activists,
Next month, LA-US Labor Against War (USLAW) is hosting two prominent
Iraqi Labor Leaders for events in our area. Similar to the Iraq Labor
Tour in 2005, this tour will raise our consciousness about the everyday
realities for Iraqis and the struggle of those organizing in the labor
movement there. This LA visit is part of an historic national tour
reaching 13 US cities.
We're excited for the return of Faleh Abood Umara, General Secretary of
the Iraq Federation of Oil Workers, and proud to be hosting the first
woman president of any union in Iraq, Hashmeya Mohsen al Hussein,
President of the Iraq Electrical Utility Workers Union.
We invite you to sponsor this visit with a donation of $100 or more
(cash or in-kind) to help us offset the costs of the LA portion of the
tour. Amounts in excess of $100 will be donated to the US LAW Iraq Labor
Solidarity Fund, used to support the labor movement in Iraq and to
support USLAW's international solidarity activities. Of course, we will
accept donations in any amount if the sponsorship is not possible.
Our local activities will take place June 8 - 10, and will consist of
press events, two large public events,
? June 8, 5 PM at the UCLA Downtown Labor Center, 675 S. Parkview
? June 9, 7:30 PM at UTLA Headquarters, 3303 Wilshire Blvd.
and meetings with various local labor leaders, politicians and
activists. We will widely publicize all public events through radio,
print media and flyers. KPFK-FM is our media sponsor. Labor sponsors
will also be invited to a special luncheon with Faleh and Hashmeya
during their visit.
Make your donation by sending the form below with a check made out to
"LA County Federation of Labor" (with "LA-USLAW/ILT" in the memo line)
to LA-USLAW, PO Box 26382, Los Angeles, CA 90026.
Thank you for your consideration. Should you have any further questions,
please do not hesitate to call me at
626-392-6378 or via email at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In solidarity,
Andy Griggs
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