General Federation of Trade Unions (Iraq)

General Federation of Trade UnionsMerged into| 2005

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Founded| 1959
Headquarters| Baghdad, Iraq
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* Iraq

Key people

| Jamil Jabbouri, president
Karim Hamzeh, general secretary
Affiliations| WFTU, ICATU

The General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) was a major federation of trade unions in Iraq prior to 2005, when it merged with the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions and the General Federation of Iraqi Trade Unions to the General Federation of Iraqi Workers.[1]

During the rule of Saddam Hussein, a 1986 legislation established that GFTU was the sole legal trade union in Iraq. GFTU worked in close cooperation with the Baath Party and worked to strengthen the influence of the party in the workplaces. At the time there were committees affiliated to GFTU at privately owned workplaces and workplaces with joint private-public ownership. GFTU did not operate in public enterprises or within the state administration.[2] In January 2004, transitional prime minister Ayad Allawi's government passed a decree naming the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions the only recognize union federation in Iraq.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "2010 Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights - Iraq". The UN Refugee Agency. International Trade Union Confederation. 2010-06-09. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
2. ^ Fria Fackföreningsinternationalen. Kränkningar av fackliga rättigheter / FFI. Stockholm: LO-TCO biståndsnämnd, 2003. p. 273
3. ^ Leyshon, Traven; Feeley, Dianne (2005). "Solidarity with Iraqi Labor". Against the Current. Retrieved 2021-07-04.

* ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.

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