For Iraqi workers, poverty, unemployment and chaos are spiraling out of control. At the same time, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are proposing economic reforms that would fundamentally change how the Iraqi government has historically structured public sector wages and pensions, aspects of the oil industry and social safety nets. Barbara Shailor, director of the AFL-CIO’s International Department, provides this update as part of an AFL-CIO Executive Council delegation to Amman, Jordan.