Sugar Hill Kevis
10th August 2007, 11:30
observer:
Iraq's energy ministry is using a Saddam-era decree to crack down on trade unions and stifle dissent against foreign exploitation of the country's vast oil reserves, the Basra-based oil workers' union claims.
Hassan Juma'a, the union's leader, has been at the forefront of a public campaign against the signing of a controversial new oil law - demanded by Washington - that would lead to long-term profit-sharing contracts being signed with multinational oil giants.
continued: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/st...2141671,00.html (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2141671,00.html)
socialist worker article on the ban http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=12689
Iraq's energy ministry is using a Saddam-era decree to crack down on trade unions and stifle dissent against foreign exploitation of the country's vast oil reserves, the Basra-based oil workers' union claims.
Hassan Juma'a, the union's leader, has been at the forefront of a public campaign against the signing of a controversial new oil law - demanded by Washington - that would lead to long-term profit-sharing contracts being signed with multinational oil giants.
continued: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/st...2141671,00.html (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2141671,00.html)
socialist worker article on the ban http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=12689