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Basra oil workers renew protests

Decrying unmet demands and broken promises, oil unions have rallied hundreds of workers – and some political support – to protest for better compensation and treatment.
South Oil Company workers rally outside headquarters in Basra on Dec. 10, demanding better working and living conditions and pay. (ALI ABU IRAQ/Iraq Oil Report)

BASRA - Hundreds of workers in Basra's oil sector, including those seconded to fields operated by foreign oil companies, have restarted a campaign to pressure the Iraqi government to accede to demands for increased compensation, better living conditions and an end to punishment of union leaders.

A rally held Tuesday outside the state-run South Oil Company (SOC) headquarters included politicians who, though not the most powerful in the country, will give the workers' plight an added spotlight just four months before Iraq's national elections.

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