Basra oil workers out on strike

[Rose Siding]

Workers at Iraq's South Oil Company are holding a one-day strike to demand a bigger share of the country's oil revenues for the region.
The southern city of Basra and the region around it produce most of Iraq's crude exports.

Provincial governor Mohammad al-Waili, who called the strike, has called for the province to be allowed to keep more of the oil revenues.

But the oil firm said there would be minimal disruption to supply.

"This will be a peaceful protest, and will not lead to a halt in exports," one oil official told the Reuters news agency.

Oil production, on the other hand, stopped at most installations in the province as some 15,000 workers downed tools, Reuters said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4690601.stm

[Deja Q]

1. And prices go up again!

:woohoo:

Bring it on!

[1932]

2. This is a good thing. It means workers and Iraqis will make more money

from the oil that belongs to them. It means less money for everyone else in the chain, which means more political power for people and less for huge corporations.

Oh, and notice that the politicians in Basra represent the interests of the people. That's the government to whom the British turned over political control the first week they were there. No surprise that the US was pissed off, and we can see why.

[OKthatsIT]

3. these workers should be honored for this action

we all know how hopeless and helpless its been for them to find work over these.