From SB News
Demonstrations and sit-ins of electricity workers in the Euphrates East, Basra and Kut
The electricity Workers in many locations had organized series of protest rallies, on Monday morning 4-2-2008 after giving a warning to the Ministry of electricity in case their demands were not met.
The workers in the electricity sector had compiled a petition including their demands and threatened to organize Sit- in case of non-implementation of their demands, which focused on:
• Fighting corruption in the organs of the Ministry of Electricity
• Establish power stations to provide electricity throughout the country
• Build homes or buildings housing for workers electricity sector.
• To pay compensation on the basis of risk as a 75% percent of the salary
• Changing the employing system of the daily workers wages to the workers labor contracts
• Appointment System contract workers working on the permanent staffing
When the ministry did not respond to the workers' demands, thousands of workers from Basra, Musayyib and Hilla and Kut, started their sit in, which appealed by the union of the engineering jobs & technicians with FWCUI, Which is widely participated in demonstrations in Basra and Masayab where collected Electricity Workers Union.
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