A shipping agent in Basra said on Sunday that private sector shipping companies continued to strike for the sixth consecutive day in Khor Al-Zubair and Umm Qasr ports. A spokesman in Basra told AKnews that "our demands are focused on activating Law of 51 that the Iraqi Ministry of Transport refrains from its implementation, though […]
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Workers strike and demonstrate in Basra
Last week as many as 700 workers at the 150,000 barrel per day refinery 16 kilometers west of Basra held a three-hour strike.