I'm wearing the badge! Free Osanloo now!!

(1) As a part of the ITF's Action Week (Organising Globally - Building Union Power), unionists from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden together with the ITF and ETF representatives have gathered in Brussels for the European rally on 15 October near the European Parliament. There, they wore the "Free Osanloo!" badge to express solidarity with the Iranian workers. 200 participants then held a protest rally in front of the Iranian Embassy. They requested to submit a letter to the Ambassador but was refused to meet with anyone from the Mission.

(2) Similarly, the ITF Thai Coordinating Committee has utilized the Action Week to campaign for immediate release of Mansour Osanloo and Ebrahim Madadi. A special exhibition was organised in Bangkok, together with a demonstration by the transport unions. Mahendra Sharma, ITF Delhi Office and Masa Takahashi, JRU, Japan were guests to the occasion.

(3) In Vienna, bus drivers working for the Airport Lines wore the badge and the campaign poster was placed at the ticket office.

(4) Unions in Norway have began to distribute the badge from 16 October and on the following day, 10,000 bus workers wore the badge at work! So did the workers in Hong Kong, Australia, Honduras and Pakistan joined this campaign.

5) The badge wearers with the hand coloured cards are London human rights supporters at Amnesty International sending the message "Get Well Soon Mansour" following his eye operation

6) The ITUC meeting on Middle East and North Africa discussed questions on Iran and the badges were distributed to the participants.

7) Members of the ITF Dockers' Section Committee meeting in London on 15 November 2007 wore the "Free Osanloo" badge in solidarity with workers in Iran.

8) Some Workers' Group delegates and members of GUF wore the badge during the ILO Governing Body meeting in mid-November.

9) The ITF has organised film shows in North Africa and Australia where rail unionists from Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia took part. In Hobart, Tasmania, delegates to the RTBU conference adopted a solidarity resoultion and wore the badge. A film show was also organised in Melbourne and Sydney.

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items are from between 21 Mar 2008 & 15 Jun 2008.