From the International Labour Organization (ILO): Iraq is moving forward to legislate a trade union law in accordance with international labour standards With the participation of a delegation from the International Labour Organization (ILO), and as a significant step towards aligning Iraq's Trade unions law with international labour standards, the Labour and Civil Society Institutions […]
By Waheed Ghanim. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A fight between the major trade unions in Basra and that state’s authorities highlights the lack of real labour laws in Iraq. Saddam Hussein-era laws mean […]
According to a report today from Iraq Oil Report, union activists in Iraq's oil sector have been fined and relocated to remote locations as part of a campaign of seeming retaliation against their role in organising workers. The agency also says that following a separate stoppage at the Basra refinery in 2010, 16 workers were […]
