Tehran: Unprecedented gathering of workers in front of the clerical regime Majlis or Parliament
Slogans: 'Imprisoned workers must be freed', 'Workers are willing to die, but not accept nadir'
More than 250 laborers gathered in front of the clerical regime’s parliament on Tuesday, April 28 to mark the Labor Day March while they were actually opposing repression and the despotic rule of the mullahs in Iran. They started to chant slogans demanding better working condition and job security, but quickly turned to more political demands and more progressive slogans including the 'freedom of political prisoners', 'imprisoned workers for their involvement in last countrywide demonstration saying:
'Imprisoned workers must be freed' and 'workers are ready to die but not accept nadir', 'Laborers and teacher must be united' and 'Laborers and students must unite.'
Some of the slogans written on placards and posters included:
'Flogging workers, return to barbarism'
'We will not tolerate any more the petty salary'
'Increase of taxes without increase in pay, is robbing bread from the workers’ plate' and,
'%1 security, %99 hunger'
The protesting workers condemned the anti-labor policies and repression of workers by the clerical government in their final communiqué. This communiqué in part said: the workers find insufficient government authorities’ initiatives to curb workers’ protest movements and say that they would continue with their protest until their grievances and demands are met.
More than 250 laborers gathered in front of the clerical regime’s parliament on Tuesday, April 28 to mark the Labor Day March while they were actually opposing repression and the despotic rule of the mullahs in Iran. They started to chant slogans demanding better working condition and job security, but quickly turned to more political demands and more progressive slogans including the 'freedom of political prisoners', 'imprisoned workers for their involvement in last countrywide demonstration saying:
'Imprisoned workers must be freed' and 'workers are ready to die but not accept nadir', 'Laborers and teacher must be united' and 'Laborers and students must unite.'
Some of the slogans written on placards and posters included:
'Flogging workers, return to barbarism'
'We will not tolerate any more the petty salary'
'Increase of taxes without increase in pay, is robbing bread from the workers’ plate' and,
'%1 security, %99 hunger'
The protesting workers condemned the anti-labor policies and repression of workers by the clerical government in their final communiqué. This communiqué in part said: the workers find insufficient government authorities’ initiatives to curb workers’ protest movements and say that they would continue with their protest until their grievances and demands are met.
Workers at Kian Tire Company and Iran Tire Company call for a nationwide demonstration on the Labor Day March
Workers at Kian Tire and Iran Tire companies issued a joint statement calling for a nationwide rally to commemorate the Labor Day Rally. The statement invites all the people to participate in this march in front of the ministry of labor on April 30, 2015 at 10 AM. It says: 'We welcome the commemoration of the Labor Day Rally to have a voice in bringing the public attention to our plight and the conditions that we live in.
The statement points to some of the problems that the labor society is facing in Iran including low income which has resulted in not having enough to feed their family, no job security, and that their lives are in the hands of selfish and greedy contractors. They also complain of no clear prospect for their lives and of their families except poverty. The statement also says that there is no light at the end of tunnel in our future and we don’t know if we can survive the high cost of living as the expenses rise and incomes shrink.
Yet in this situation we have nothing to lose, but with our unity and solidarity we can achieve everything. This is worth more than anything else to us. That is why we decided to participate in this independent gathering of worker’s day in front of the ministry of labor in Tehran and remembering this day and the conditions of thousands of workers so our voices and demands would be heard.
The statement points to some of the problems that the labor society is facing in Iran including low income which has resulted in not having enough to feed their family, no job security, and that their lives are in the hands of selfish and greedy contractors. They also complain of no clear prospect for their lives and of their families except poverty. The statement also says that there is no light at the end of tunnel in our future and we don’t know if we can survive the high cost of living as the expenses rise and incomes shrink.
Yet in this situation we have nothing to lose, but with our unity and solidarity we can achieve everything. This is worth more than anything else to us. That is why we decided to participate in this independent gathering of worker’s day in front of the ministry of labor in Tehran and remembering this day and the conditions of thousands of workers so our voices and demands would be heard.
Isfahan: Gathering of workers of Pakman Company
Workers of Pakman Company, producing pressure cookware, staged a gathering in Pakman Street, Isfahan, to protest against unpaid salaries and financial benefits.
It has been more than 2 months since they have received their salaries.
It has been more than 2 months since they have received their salaries.
Workers of Salaf-Chekan Free Industrial Zone on strike to protest expulsion threat
The workers of Salaf-Chekan Free Industrial Zone worker have gone on strike since April 21. This strike was in protest to an expulsion threat by the public relations administrator of the zone who told the workers: if they continued with their protest against wage reduction and increased working hours, he will fire them all.
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