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First organized in the Southern Oil Company Union in May of -connected Iraqi Federation Of Trade Unions or the Worker-Communist Party Of Iraq -influenced Federation Of Workers Councils And Unions In Iraq , but it has worked with both groupings. As SOCU, the oil workers engaged in Direct Action to expel Baathist managers from oil facilities, occupation forces began moving in to attempt to take over administration of the industry. Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) led this, and was also militantly removed by the SOCU workers, along with subcontracted laborers. With threats to Strike , the union was able to gain wage increases over what the USA -led occupation was willing to pay. KBR eventually took over much of the administration of the oil industry, although resistance in the form of strikes in June and August of that year, and blockades, continued. In cases where occupation forces threatened force, the SOCU workers warned that they would be met with armed resistance. In June 0f with hundreds of unionists and representatives of other international groups. More strikes came in July and August, usually with outcomes favorable to the workers. In October, union president Hassan Jumaa Awad led the group to change its name to the Federation of Oil Unions of Iraq. |
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