GFIW -Maysan
On the occuasion of May Day, hundreds of workers in Maysan provicne staged a a demonstration started from the front of the GFIW head offcie through the main streets in which workers called for a decent life for workers.
The Deputy President of the GFIW in Maysan Saad Jasim said " we came today to celabrate May Day. He added that "the demonstrators issued a statement in which they demanded the improvement of their living conditions and the appointment of temporary workers in government departments and institutions on Permanent basis .
Meanwhile, member of the Maysan Governorate Abdul Mahdi Moussa Omran said that "the circumstances of the working people have not improved, despite four years since the fall of Saddam's regime.
Posted at May 2, 2007 01:47 PM