16 February - Action Day Report 4
Reports from ITF affiliates (click on headlines):
MUA Australia:
MUA solidarity with imprisoned Iranian unionists
Teamsters USA:
Teamsters, Other Unions Demonstrate at Iranian Interest Section
16 February - Action Day Report 3
Seven more members of the Executive Board are now released. Eight are still detained.
Thailand: Coordinated by the ITF Thai Committee, 50 members of BMTA-SWU, TRAN-U, LU-ETA, SRUT and AOT-SWU organised a demonstration and a march to the Iranian Embassy in Bangkok. The unionists were received by the Third Secretary, Aliakbar Nazari. Prior to the Action Day, the Committee sent a protest letter to the Iranian Government.
Canada: More than 100 labour activists took part in the rally in front of the Iranian Embassy. Representatives of the CLC, Canadian Postal Workers' Union, New Democrat Party and Centre for Research on Globalization as well as members of four Canadian and Iranian organisations were present.
USA：Teamsters Union and Amalgamated Transit Union joined the protest rally in Washington DC. Some 100 participants chanted "free Mansour Osanloo now!"
Australia: Australian Unions and representatives from the Iranian community protested in front of the Iranian Embassy. Speakers from the MUA, RTBU, TWU, CFMEU and CSPU called upon the Iranian Ambassador to send the unions' message of protest. The Ambassador, however, did not receive the delegation.
Source: ITF website.