Workers of many sectors of industry and social service in Iraq launch protests these days demanding improvement in their living conditions.
After the protests by workers of Soft Drinks, Textile and Electricity, the workers of power station in Nasiyriah, the largest power station in the country, started a strike demanding improvement in their living and working condition. They also ask to improve the performance of the station as the residents of this city suffer from sever shortage in electricity.
The protest of workers to improve their living and working conditions will continue and all oppressive resolutions in force can not put an end to it.
The working class has practically proved its capacity to challenge the resolutions, which deny workers the right to strike and hold gatherings and consider workers in public sector public servants. These resolutions were passed by the Baath regime and are today used by current administration whenever the daily struggle by working class intensifies.
By asking for their unpaid allowances the workers of electricity in Nasiyriah put the authority before its responsibilities and force it to meet their demands.
The Federation of Workers’ Councils and Unions stand in the forefront of the protest movement by workers and regards the strike by workers of Nasiryiah power station and their demands the continuation of the demands presented by the FWCUI.
The draft of labour law proposed by the FWCUI is the right answer to workers’ demands and by struggling to implement it; workers can impose their objectives on the current authorities.
Long live the daily struggle of workers
Long live Freedom
Long live workers’ willpower
Federation of Workers’ Councils and Unions in Iraq
22.12.2004
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