The Independent Union of Public Servants & Services

Joins the FWCUI

Baghdad, Thursday March2, 2005: The Independent Union of Public Servants and Service in Baghdad today announced that it is now a member of the Federation of Workers’ Councils and Unions in Iraq. The announcement followed a meeting between the leader of the Independent Union of Public Servants & Services (IUPSS) Mr. Abdul Zahra Abdul Hassan, his deputy Mr. Ali Hussein Jawad and the leadership of the federation of Workers’ Councils and Unions in Iraq represented by Samih Ashur deputy president. Mathi Aofi, a member of the FWCUI’s executive bureau and Falih Maqtof, FWCUI’s legal representative also attended.

The Independent Union of Public Servants & Services decided to join us after announcing its split from the Democratic Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions. The split was discussed and approved by a meeting of IUPSS members held on February 28.

Federation of Workers’ Councils and Unions in Iraq