Call on the oil workers in Basra

For so many days the protests of oil workers in Basra carried on demanding their annual payables and rejection of the management decision to deduct %20 of their allowances. Earlier on the workers forced the management to negotiate their demands after facing a strike by hundreds of workers who threatened to go on general strike and halt the production down if the management wouldn’t respond.

The management resorted to their assistants in what is so called the southern oil trade union who promised to respond to their demands however they hindered the workers efforts instead. At the same time the management resort to procrastination and postponement and tried to mislead the workers by telling them that the government is the reason behind these issues and they are standing by the workers for their demands.

With the strikers continue raising their demands, the political powers and parties who propagandize for Federalism, these right wing reactionaries that took over the power through fraud and deception procedures called it elections; have intervened to carry on a propaganda for their project to high jack and endorsing the workers cause to their own issues that aim to divide the society in the name of federalism and materialize their domination.

Our federation slogan is always “heir project ions.,aries that took over the power through fraud and deception and called it elethe strength of the working class in its integration and unity” and this slogan was proven throughout the history of workers struggle, whereas the calling for federalism parties, telling the workers that federalism will lead to an equal distribution of wealth especially oil revenue among the people and bring prosperity. On the other hand these same parties and powers seek working class fragmentation and carried on a massive operation of robbery in Iraq’s modern history.

The oil workers of Basra stand in the front lint of the movement, and their rights and demands will prevail throughout their unity.



Long live worker class unity

Long live worker cause

Down With the Reactionary Federalism Project



Falah Alwan

President of

Federation of Worker Councils and Unions in Iraq

July 18, 2005