South oil workers heighten protests over jobs, pay
Hundreds gathered at the South Oil Company headquarters and presented demands including the sacking of DG Dhia Jaffar.
Oil workers protest outside the headquarters of Iraq's state-run South Oil Company (SOC) on Feb. 13, 2013. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)
BASRA - More than 500 workers in Iraq's state-run South Oil Company (SOC) rallied outside its headquarters Wednesday, carrying banners calling for the ouster of Director General Dhia Jaffar and the payment of two years' worth of bonuses.
"We all demand our usurped rights and housing they've promised us with," said Hilal Jaber, "so we went out all day to demand this, and we will not keep silent about our rights after today."
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