The Iraqi Government Must Listen to the Stakeholders: Repeal the Social Security Draft Law
Joint statement for immediate release The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) and the Iraqi Social Forum (ISF) Baghdad –...
Social and Economic Rights
Iraqi workers face threats, fines, demotions, travel restrictions, and arrest as they work to organize trade unions. The government frequently interferes in internal union affairs. Suppression of workers’ rights has been most severe in the oil sector. Lack of a just labour law, consistent with internationally recognized workers’ rights, is the most important obstacle the Iraqi labour movement faces. Iraq’s current labour law, which dates back to Saddam’s era, classifies most Iraqi workers as civil servants and prohibits them from forming unions. ICSSI partners have pledged to work to pressure the Iraqi parliament to pass a new labour law with the modifications to the draft law that were previously agreed upon by Iraqi labour leaders. We call on labour movements outside Iraq to organize broad international support for our efforts to win this new labour law.
Broad Social Partnership Formed to Combat Child Labor in Iraq
In conjunction with the World Day to Combat Child Labor, the Solidarity Center held a conference entitled, “No to Child...
Iraqi Federations and Workers’ Unions Protest Draft Law
Basra On Friday, 26 May 2017, members of the Conference of Iraqi Federations and Workers Unions [CIFWU], a coordinated network...
No to Continued Violation of Trade Union Rights and Freedoms in Iraq
Iraqi trade unions and federations, and members of the Conference of Iraqi Federations and Workers Unions [CIFWU] issued a statement...
New Aspirations on the World Day for Occupational Safety and Health in Iraq
On the occasion of the World Day for Occupational Safety and Health on 28 April (adopted by the International Labor...
Iraqi Trade Unions Proceed With Their Complaint to the International Labor Organization
Six Iraqi trade unions affiliated with the Unions Conference gathered in a meeting held on Thursday, March 16. The unions...
The Celebration of International Women’s Day in Iraq at Shahrazad Festival
Several activities have been organized in March 2017 in Baghdad by the Iraqi Social Forum celebrating the International Women’s Day...
The Iraqi Social Forum and the Solidarity Center organize series of women’s trade union activities on the occasion of the International Women’s Day
On the occasion of the International Women’s day, the Iraqi Social Forum Economic and Social Rights Masar (path) and the...
Unions Demand Russia’s LUKoil to Reinstate Laid-off Iraqi Employees
The General Union for Workers in the Oil and Gas (GFWIU), subsidiary of the General Federation of Workers Unions in...
The Condition of Workers’ Rights and Freedom of Labor Union in Kurdistan Region and Iraq
“Workers’ Rights and Freedom of Association” is a joint project run by PFOK and NPA in Iraq and the Kurdistan...
Drafting a New Social Security Law for Iraq
Iraq is in need of legislation that provides real social security guarantees for workers and employees. The Iraqi government is...
House Of The Devil? Religious Extremists Bomb Cafes In Basra Because They Employ Women
Niqash – Ammar al-Saleh It was the second bombing of its kind. And after the incident, those clearing the wreckage in...