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Support Iraqi workers call for a democratic labour law Submitted by martin on 16 November, 2010 - 3:47
Author: Falah Alwan
Falah Alwan is the president of the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions of Iraq. He spoke to international solidarity activists early in November.
The biggest sector in Iraq is the public sector. According to the decrees of the former regime, public sector workers are prohibited from organising. The current Iraqi authorities still impose the same decisions.
Regarding the private sector, there are factories operating outside of even the control of the Ministry of Labour. There are some workplaces operating without any kind of labour law. After 2003 we started organising new unions; we elected new committees and councils. But after 2004/5, after creating the so-called local government, they began enforcing decrees to prevent the workers from organising themselves. Many enterprises o