Oil workers Force Management to Make Public a letter by Minister for Oil
A number of workers who belong to the Federation
of Workers' Councils and Unions in the South Oil Company discovered an official
letter issued by the Minister of Oil dated October10 ,2004 attached to a table
on workers' allowances The administration has tried to conceal the letter.
The members of the Federation faced up to the
financial manager who announced he would form a committee from the heads of
various departments to study the letter and come up with specific recommendations
on the steps requested by the Minister in the letter. However the workers,
through the Preparatory Committee of the Federation of Workers' councils and
Unions refused this suggestion and asked for an open forum to be held for all
workers to discuss the contents of the letter and to give their opinion about
it in defence of their interests. In face of the insistence of the Committee,
the financial manager agreed to their demand. The forum was held on
FWCUI-October 2004