Trade unions still heavily repressed in Iraq

Workers organisations will be crucial for building class-based resistance to violent religious extremism in Iraq. However the prohibition on public sector unions still remains. A new report by the US government-funded Solidarity Centre outlines the organising efforts of electrical and oil sector unions, despite government raids on union offices and persecution of union leaders.

Workers organisations will be crucial for building class-based resistance to violent religious extremism in Iraq. However the prohibition on public sector unions still remains. A new report by the US government-funded Solidarity Centre outlines the organising efforts of electrical and oil sector unions, despite government raids on union offices and persecution of union leaders.