Daily contract and wage workers have threatened to escalate over the next two weeks in case their fragile positions are not settled under the Federal Budget Act of 2018, which is currently debated by the Iraqi parliament.
It is noteworthy that hundreds of workers in the sectors of electricity and air transportation carried out protestsyesterdayBaghdad, Babylon and Basra, asking for the payment of their delayed wages months ago and the settlement of their professional status in addition to granting them the social benefits retroactively since the date of their employment.