Oil Workers Threaten Strike
London-based Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.
Oil Workers Threaten Strike
London-based Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.
Staff at the state-run North Oil Company based in the city of Kirkuk are threatening to go on strike unless the management meets their demands for higher wages and housing allowances, to match the wages by the South Oil Company. A source in the workers’ trade union said their representatives met company managers and Kirkuk provincial council on August 1 and presented their ultimatum to the Iraqi oil ministry. The union representative said the ministry operates a discriminatory policy as staff at the South Oil Company get 100 US dollars a month more than their northern counterparts.
