IRAN: Worker arrested for protesting unpaid wages

 

Some one thousand workers from Safa Pipe Rolling Mill in the city of Saveh continue their strike, which began early May, demanding payment of 16 months unpaid insurance premiums and four months’ worth of late salaries.

The Iranian regime, rather than responding to their rightful demand, arrested a worker’s representative.

At 10 PM on May 16, security agents arrested him at his home on the charge of inciting workers of Safa Pipe Rolling Mill.

Safa Pipe Rolling Mill has been occupied by striking workers since May 12, following false promises of employers and regime agents who refused to pay even one month of their unpaid salary.

According to the latest figures a family of four people working in Iran needs an income of 2.5-3.0 million tomans. The general poverty line is estimated to be 2.5 million tomans per month.

However, the Iranian regime has set the minimum monthly wage of workers to 712,425 tomans - almost one-third of the poverty line.