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Iraqi Labor Leaders Oppose Oil Privatization Law

HeadlineDec 19, 2006

In other Iraq news, leaders of Iraq’s labor movement have criticized government plans to privatize the country’s oil production. The Iraqi government has drafted a law that would allow multinational oil companies to develop Iraq’s oil reserves for the first time ever.

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