Thursday, July 12, 2007

Union Organizer Abducted by Iranian Government

Tuesday July 10th Tehran- Suspected government assailants attacked and abducted union organizer and president of the Bus Drivers Union, Mansour Osanloo. The attackers continued to beat Osanloo as he was driven away in an unmarked car (Read more here). Please join me in protesting this despicable act against a fellow labor activist by sending a protest letter AND signing a petition online. Amir Taheri of the Prairie Pundit calls Osanloo “Iran’s Lech Walesa”. Violent acts against labor leaders seem to be on the rise. We cannot allow this to continue.

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