ILNA reports that on Saturday August 9, 500 workers from the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company staged a protest against the non-payment of back wages. The workers are from various departments in the factory, including agriculture, engineering, maintenance, research, accounting and administration. The report indicates that Haft Tapeh employs close to 1,000 workers, half […]
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Prisoners refuse food to support sugarcane workers
Two Iranian political prisoners have begun a hunger strike in support of the protest movement by Haft Tapeh Sugarcane Company workers. Shahrokh Zamani and Khaled Hordani announced that as of Tuesday December 24, they are refusing food in solidarity with the Haft Tapeh workers, Kordpa reports. Those workers have begun a series of protests […]
Reed cutters maintain strike for second day
Hafte Tapeh reed cutters entered their second day of a strike by sitting in the plantations and refusing to work until management addresses their demands. ILNA reports that the workers get 10 million rials for the six months that they are employed and since they are laid off the other six months of the […]