IRANIAN TRADE UNIONISTS

Early day motion 2526, tabled 8 December 2011 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 33 members.

That this House is alarmed at the re-arrest of Ebrahim Madodi from the Vahed Trade Union Syndicate in Tehran; calls for his release and that of fellow trade unionist, bus workers' leader, Reza Shobabi immediately; and supports the rights of independent trade unionists in Iran to represent their members without the threat of imprisonment.

Signatures by party: Labour 24, DUP 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Scottish National Party 1.