Workers protest at Musayyib power plant

Submitted by WW4 Report on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 04:35.

The Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI) led a sit-in at the Musayyib thermal power station in southern Iraq in February to protest corruption and privatization in the electrical sector.

Photo: FWCUI

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