Occupied labor: Nobel pricing

Iraqi Labor Leaders Denounce US Occupation & Iraq’s Anti-Labor Laws

A group of Iraqi labor leaders are here in the United States trying to bring international attention to the lack of a basic labor law in Iraq guaranteeing the right to unionize without repression. Although the United States has scrapped several Saddam Hussein-era laws since the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq, a 1987 law banning unions in all public-sector workplaces remains in place. Last week the AFL-CIO adopted a resolution defending Iraqi labor rights. We speak to Iraqi labor leaders Rasim Awadi and Falah Alwan. [includes rush transcript]

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/21/iraqi_labor_leaders_denounce_us_occupation