Feb. 24th Labor Informational Picketline at Halliburton / KBR corporate offices

Tuesday, February 24th 2004 10:00 am
Chicago, IL USA

As the Bush Administration attacks U.S. workers at home and our tax dollars go to anti-union corporations with no-bid contracts in Iraq, Iraqi workers are being denied the fundamental right to organize unions and bargain collectively to meet basic needs. On January 22, 2004, AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney issued a press release calling for Iraqi labor rights, and national organizations including USLAW have called for an international day of protest. On February 24th, join CLPPJ and others around the country to protest anti-union corporate profiteering in Iraq, and speak out for workers' rights and self-determination.

Notoriously anti-union Halliburton and its subsidiary, US construction giant Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) are making billions in Iraq with U.S. tax dollars, while Iraqi trade unionists are being jailed and Iraqi workers are being denied the fundamental right to organize. Texas-based Halliburton and its construction arm have a long history of fighting unions wherever they go. "Brown & Root as an entity has never had a labor agreement," says Dale Wortham, president of the Harris County AFL-CIO in Houston. "They have been one of the most anti-union, anti-worker corporations in the world."


Location: Hallliburton/KBR offices 208 South LaSalle Street Chicago   

Contact:
Chicago Labor for Peace, Prosperity and Justice
CLPPJ (at) aol.com

Sponsored By:
Stop the Corporate Invasion of Iraq / Support Iraqi Workers' Rights sponsors include USLAW, United for Peace and Justice and Global Exchange. Local action sponsors include Chicago Labor for Peace, Prosperity and Justice (CLPPJ) and Chicago Labor Against the War (CLAW).