Diary #31

2007: The fight for independent unions begins

Mahalla labor leaders arrive at the General Union of Textile Workers headquarters, 29 January 2007.

On the morning of 29 January 2007, a delegation of the December 2006 Mahalla textile strike leaders arrived at the headquarters of the state-backed General Union of Textile Workers to demand in a stormy meeting the impeachment of their Factory Union Commit…