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Iraq: workers protest IMF policies
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Monday November 03, 2008 15:12 by pat c
Thousands of Workers Take To the Streets The Iraq Freed om Conference provide a report on how Iraqi workers are fighting back against Iraqs puppet givernment. Full text at link. Meanwhile the U.S. troops and National Guards were heavily surrounding the rally and blocking off the roads to the ministry building to prevent the marchers from heading there. |
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Jump To Comment: 1A report on workers demonstrations in Basra.
In a coordination effort with the Labor Unifying Bureau, thousands of workers from various industrial sectors took to the streets of Basra on October 27, 2008 marching towards the municipal building where the officials offices to denounce the ministry of Finance decrees that resulted in massive cut backs in workers salaries.
The workers came from steel, petrochemicals, paper and other plants in Basra who were headed by Hassan Juma, head of Labor Unifying Bureau and Oil workers and Abuwatan, vice president of Labor unifying Bureau and GFWCUI in Basra.
http://socialist-blogs-news.blogspot.com/2008/10/iraq-basra-workers-march-against.html
Basra demo