Oil workers continue protest for shift changes
South Oil Company workers demand IOCs agree to alter work schedule despite government opposition.
The Rumaila oilfield on Sept. 4, 2014, operated by BP and CNPC. (ESSAM AL-SUDANI/Reuters)
BASRA - Workers at Rumaila as well as other southern oil fields are pressing foreign oil companies and Iraqi oil officials to reverse their stance and adopt a non-industry standard work rotation.
This is not the only demand from oil workers, who have for years put forward a series of union-backed demands to improve working conditions and receive bonus pay.
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