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An extract from Jack Straw’s address to Labour Party Conference 30th September 2004. The full speech is on http://www.labour.org.uk And where, under Saddam, those who campaigned for free trade unions often ended in a mass grave with a bullet in their back, now there are free trade unionists. One of its members, Abdullah Muhsin of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions is here today. Hear what he wrote in the Conference Daily on Tuesday, and I quote: “You have two options before you this week. One would give hope to all those in Iraq who want to see free trade … Continue reading Jack Straw: “Now there are free trade unionists”

Original text of motion submitted by North East Derbyshire CLP to Labour Party Conference. The motion was composited and then remitted in favour of a statement from the National Executive Committee, which included all the main points of this motion, which was also the subject of a speech by Harry Barnes, MP for North East Derbyshire and Joint President of LFIQ.