The United States And Iraqi Trade Unionism (EDM556)

The United States And Iraqi Trade Unionism

EDM number 556 in 2003-04, proposed by Harry Barnes on 04/02/2004.

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.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Harry Barnes	04/02/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Proposed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	05/02/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	05/02/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	05/02/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/02/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	05/02/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	05/02/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	05/02/2004	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	06/02/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	06/02/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	06/02/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	09/02/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	09/02/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/02/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/02/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	10/02/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/02/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/02/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	11/02/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	11/02/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	11/02/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	12/02/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	12/02/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/02/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	23/02/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/02/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	23/02/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/02/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/03/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	01/03/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Angus Robertson	04/03/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Janet Dean	18/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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