Iraq's Weakened Unions Fight Foreign Oil Firms

Reuters by Aref Mohammed | Jul. 14, 2009 (Special Report)
Iraq unions deem energy deals illegal. Labor movement fears unemployment and threatens strikes.

The Federation of Oil Unions of Iraq and the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq have condemned the Oil Ministry's decision to award a foreign consortium the contract to develop Rumaila, the country's largest producing oilfield. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 14, 2009

The labor unions in Iraq stand in the way of foreign plunder of their jobs and their national resources. This warns of the possibility, and looks at weaknesses in the unions.

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