The Unemployed Union and workers movement are in
an urgent need for your solidarity and financial support

Trade unions.
All parties and supporters of workers’ rights.
Freedom loving people.

The workers’ movement and workers’ organizations in Iraq are in an urgent need for your support and solidarity more than ever. The workers in Iraq need such solidarity in order to play a role in getting the society out of the ordeal of war, hunger, and unemployment and to establish a government in which freedom and workers’ rights are recognized in a ruined society of war time, hunger, and massive unemployment after the fall of Saddam’s regime. The Unemployed Union of Iraq ( UUI) set up in May 2003 in Baghdad. It is a genuine representative of the protest of the unemployed and destitute people. Through the demands of job or unemployment benefit the UUI wants to make a difference in the lives of the workers and save the lives of thousands of unemployed families who are under the threat of hunger and unemployment.
The UUI has 130,000 members until now and it has established its branches in seven provinces in Iraq. The UUI has held tens of protest actions so far in front of the US Provisional Authority’s headquarter in Baghdad and other cities. It has organized a 45 days strike in front of Paul Bremer’s office. Consequently the secretary of the UUI ( Qasim Hadi) was arrested along with 55 members of the UUI by the US forces. The UUI has managed to find 600 work opportunities for unemployed people and provide workers with free medical services as a result of its protest actions. The workers in different sectors such as power, water supply, hospitals, laboratories, rail ways, transportations, and petrol are members of the UUI. The struggle and achievements of the UUI have worried the US officials, the Governing Council, and the allied political parties. Therefore, the political parties in the Governing Council, the remains of the Ba’ath regime, the communist party of Iraq, the Higher Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq, National Accord Movement, and Arab nationalists are trying to defeat the UUI’s struggle and to annex it to the US civil administration and to set up a puppet union in the name of Iraqi workers.

These puppet unions were all in the trench of the war and the US economic sanctions. They are against the demands and wishes of the people of the world and Iraq. They supported the front of the US war. Therefore, the puppet unions do not represent the workers of Iraq and they do not have any legitimacy.
The UUI publishes a paper inside Iraq called “ The Workers’ Councils” ( Al-Majalis Al-Ummalyia) in Arabic and a paper in English called “ The Voice of Iraqi Workers” in order their voices to be heard by the public opinions.

The UUI along with other trade unions and councils are striving to put forward a labour law in order to be put down in the next Iraqi legislation. Simultaneously, the UUI has established a representation network in Europe, Australia, and Canada to get an international support for the workers in Iraq, and so far it has gained a lot of supporting letters from hundreds of trade unions, political parties, and well-known figures.

The workers’ movement is looking forward to hear from your support. I am calling upon you to support the UUI financially as far as possible.

Dashty Jamal
The UUI representation network/Britain.

The address of the UUI in Baghdad:
The Union of the Unemployed in Iraq- UUI.
Bab-Al-Sharki, Al Rasheed St.
Old Labour Union Bldg. Baghdad. Iraq.
E- MAIL: union_u_iraq@yahoo.com
Banck Account
Lloyds TSB
UUI
Sort code:30 94 51
Bank Account: 11610268
UK CONTACT:
POBOX1575
Ilford IG1 3BZ London
Email:d.jamal@ukonline.co.uk
Tele:07734704742