Employees at a hotel in Iraq concluded a successful strike on Sunday. According to the Iraqi Federation of Workers Trade Unions or IFTU. Workers went on strike at the prestigious Palastine Hotel in Baghdad in order to get a wage increase. Late last year workers staged another strike organized by the IFTU which resulted in the reinstatement of 27 employees who had been dismissed by management. Another result of last year's dispute was the formation of union committees at the Palastine and other major hotels in Iraq. The Palestine hotel is a popular place to stay for many foreign journalists and was the site of the April 2003 killing of two journalists by U.S. forces.