Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Harry Barnes (Labour), on Wednesday, 4 February 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 34 members in total.

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THE UNITED STATES AND IRAQI TRADE UNIONISM

That this House notes that in his 2004 State of the Union address President Bush declared his intention to double the budget of the National Endowment for Democracy, and to focus its new work on the development of free elections, and free markets, free press, and free labour unions in the Middle East; notes with regret, however, the raid by US occupation forces in the Baghdad headquarters of the free trade union movement in Iraq, and that the offices are still closed whilst trade union assets are still frozen; and calls upon the US Administration to initiate a full inquiry into the circumstances of the original raid on 6th December 2003, to explain its actions, to issue an apology, to offer compensation and to make it its policy fully to recognise the positive role of secular trade unions whilst it remains an occupying power.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

556 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Compensation Armed forces Buildings Democracy Inquiries Iraq Offices Trade unions USA Vandalism

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk