Iraqi workers force US climbdown: Oil strike threat wins double wages
By Ewa Jasiewicz, Occupation Watch, Occupied Basra "It's the oil sector first, other sectors will follow. Soon it will change, our influence will be felt." Hassan Jum'a, Southern Oil Company Union Southern Oil Company (SOC) workers have won a three month struggle, underpinned by the threat of an armed strike, for higher wages. All oil sector workers in Iraq will now be receiving the SOC's negotiated wagetable. The unity, solidarity and support of oil sector workers in the central and northern fields in Kirkuk, Baaji and Baghdad's Daurra was key in achieving this victory. Plus the fact that the...