Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Mine employees go on strike in Dahuk
(Voices of Iraq) - Employees of the Public Corporation for Mines in Duhuk went on several days strike on Tuesday, protesting their low salaries, a source from the corporation said. "Contracted employees went on strike today because of their low salaries compared to their counterparts in Sulaimaniya," Nouzad Abdullah, a protester, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
"Around 210 employees took part in the strike that will continue until their demands are accepted," Abdullah added. "The strike will harm the work of the corporation, especially after the workers in Arbil's branch started to experience the same problem," he added.
The chairman of the corporation in Duhuk, Engineer Uwaynan Youssef, said earlier that the region tops Iraq's regions in terms of the spread of landmines, noting that workers managed to remove 1,579 land mines and 1,074 cluster bombs during a year.
"Around 210 employees took part in the strike that will continue until their demands are accepted," Abdullah added. "The strike will harm the work of the corporation, especially after the workers in Arbil's branch started to experience the same problem," he added.
The chairman of the corporation in Duhuk, Engineer Uwaynan Youssef, said earlier that the region tops Iraq's regions in terms of the spread of landmines, noting that workers managed to remove 1,579 land mines and 1,074 cluster bombs during a year.
Labels: Duhuk, Public Corporation for Mines, strikes, Uwaynan Youssef
