For EADS CASA union, 'terrorism' is workplace accidents - and Iran is OK

The workers who build the C-295 and CN-235s in Spain belong to a labor union that equates workplace accidents with terrorism, bitterly opposes the war on terrorism, and says that the Iranian government is just fine.

The General Confederation of Labor (CGT)'s view of terrorism is peculiar: for the union, the real terrorism is workplace accidents. The CGT newsletter's terrorism section is simply a list of accidents on the workplace.. Other parts of the newsletter accuse the United States and Israel of committing terrorism.

On September 4, the CGT denounced the "demonization of Iran." A heading in its newsletter says, "The United States Foments Terrorism Against Iran."

The CGT calls concerns about Iran's nuclear program a "lie," saying that "atomic weapons have been condemned by Islam in Iran." It quotes Ayatollah Khamenei as saying, "the manufacture, possession and use of the atomic bom are against the Islamic ethic."

This from the workers who want to build the planes for the US Coast Guard's Deepwater program and the Army and Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA)!