1199 members with Adnan Rashed: Ken Kearns, Adnan Rashed, Carmen Boudier, Rose Tate, Steve Thornton

More than 130 labor and peace activists heard Iraqi labor representative Adnan Rashed on June 22 at the headquarters of District 1199/SEIU, the health care workers' union.  Rashed represents the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions.  He was one of  a handful of activists who came from Iraq to the U.S. under the auspices of US LAbor Against the War.

News article on the Hartford event from CT Law Tribune

Radio story by Melinda Tuhus, Between the Lines

More about the tour from USLAW
Iraqi Labor Leaders Tour the U.S.
Hartford stop a success
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Audience at 1199 listens to Adnan Rashed
1199 members  Jim Randazise and Dave Lucier  greet Adnan Rashed
Adnan with translator Mazin Qumsiyeh, left