Why did this administration not let iraqis unionize right away?

Question

After we invaded, Paul Bremmer maded an executive order to disallow labor movements, just like saddam did. Are they so anti-labor that they couldn't let them do it even though knowing about labor movements in other arab countries and how they are one of the best ways for the people to have there voice heard. Some arab countries have elected women to head the unions, this is unheard of in all other aspects of there society, most labor unions in the middle east support a two state palestinian-isreali solution even when there government does not. Whats up with that?

Answer 1

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.



Politicians promised to liberate us from the old dead hand of bureaucracy, but they have created an evermore controlling system of social management, driven by targets and numbers. Governments committed to freedom of choice have presided over a rise in inequality and a dramatic collapse in social mobility. And abroad, in Iraq and Afghanistan, the attempt to enforce freedom has led to bloody mayhem and the rise of an authoritarian anti-democratic Islamism. This, in turn, has helped inspire terrorist attacks in Britain. In response, the Government has dismantled long-standing laws designed to protect our freedom.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/noise/?id=trap

Answer 2

Maybe they didn't want to have happen in Iraq the same thing that has happened in the US.