Scores of workers and retirees gathered in front of Parliament to protest the amalgamation of the Social Security Fund and their Health Insurance. A number of MPs reportedly appeared among the protesters to hear their demands. ILNA reports the amalgamation has been temporarily suspended to allow further investigation and consideration of the demands of […]
Tag: Iranian labour conditions
Iran’s nurse shortage worsened by emigration
While Iran faces a shortage of 80,000 nurses, statistical reports indicate that 1,000 nurses emigrate from Iran each year. Iran’s College of Nurses has criticized the failure to value the role of nurses and the lack of appropriate government policies to address the country’s nurse shortage. Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam, a spokesman for the College […]
Miners in Semnan Province stage sit-in to protest privatization
Miners at the Eastern Alborz Mine began a strike today, Sunday July 6, to protest the privatization of the mine. OLNA reports that according to the workers’ representative, about 1,400 coal miners from the Eastern Alborz Mine in the Province of Semnan have stopped working and gathered on the mine premises for a sit-in. […]
Court dismisses workers’ minimum wage complaint
According to a report by Radio Zamaneh, the office of Iran’s Administrative Court has announced that it has dismissed a grievance filed by workers regarding the inadequacy of the minimum wage in the past year. ISNA reports that labour activists had forwarded the grievance to the special review division of the court, which has […]
Sudden steel plant closure throws 275 out of work
The Ardebil Steel Plant closure on Monday June 2 has left 275 workers without a job. The Mehr news agency reports that the Ardebil Steel Plant, located in City of Namin, operated in three shifts. The report indicates that the workers were suddenly locked out of the factory and the closure came without any […]
Petrochemical workers stop work over banned representative
Workers at the Fajr Petrochemical Plant refused to work on Tuesday January 21 after management refused to allow the workers’ representative to enter the plant premises. Abbas Rezai, the workers’ representative, spoke to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) last October about worker protests. According to an unidentified worker, management was angered by Rezai’s […]
Iranian vehicle manufacturer makes deep cut to workforce
The automaker Runiran has laid off 200 workers, according to Iranian labour activist Parvin Mohammadi. ILNA reports that after two months of a complete halt in production, the automaker has begun work again but with a large decrease in its workforce. The laid off workers had been employed by the plant anywhere between two […]
Mahshahr workers wages going unpaid
The head of the Abadan Refinery Union of Contract Workers has announced that three contracting companies at the international port of Mahshahr have failed to pay their workers for over three months. Siamak Melk told ILNA that the three companies have more than 30 workers each, and none has been paid in the […]
Unpaid Tabriz factory workers also lose insurance coverage
Three hundred workers at Tabriz Tractor Manufacturing Company have not been paid in more than four months. ILNA reports that on top of the unpaid wages, the workers’ insurance is not being renewed by Social Security office. The factory’s debts to the Social Security Fund have increased sharply, which has led to withdrawal of […]
Laid-off workers air grievances outside Parliament
Workers laid off from the Zagros Steel Factory in Kurdistan staged demonstrations in front of the Iranian Parliament this morning, Sunday October 27. The Khaneh Mellat website reports the protesters were calling for their return to work and payment of wages and benefits still owing. The protesters have staged several similar demonstrations since last […]