According to ILNA, labour activists report that on Thursday July 2, workers from a number of Asalouyeh oil and gas development projects have gone into their fourth day of strike to protest the non-payment of wages. It’s the fourth day that contract workers in the phase 15 and 16 projects in Asalouyeh, who number […]
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Rasht strikers continue protest over unpaid wages
More than 120 workers at the Iran Barak textile company in Rasht have entered their 31st day of strike. ILNA reports that the workers are protesting nine months of unpaid wages and problems with their benefits. Although the company did pay workers two months’ wages this month, they are still owed eight months’ pay because […]
Tragedy strikes labour protests at Kerman mining company
Workers’ representative Mohammadali Mirzai was killed in an accident with a coal trailer during labour protests in Zarand, Kerman, after police shot tear gas into the crowd. ILNA reported on Tuesday June 16 that more than 350 workers at the Madanjoo Company in Zarand staged a protest by blocking the road, after spending three […]
Teachers begin strike to protest wages, inadequate budget
Teachers from across Iran have begun a strike in the past two days to protest their wages as well as reports that the education ministry will only get a 14-percent budget increase in the coming year. ILNA reports that teachers in Eslamshahr, Robat Karim, Shahr-e Qods, Karaj, Shahriyar, Shiraz, Shahroud, Saqez, Baneh and Marivan […]
Arrest of protesters heightens conflict at Bafgh mine
The head of the Bafgh Islamic Council and another four miners were arrested on Saturday August 23, further intensifying the labour protests. ILNA reports that a spokesperson for the Islamic Council reported that five more iron ore miners were arrested and one of them is Hassan Tashakori, the head of the Islamic Council. The […]
Riot police arrest protesting mine workers
Riot police were deployed at the Bafgh Iron Ore Mine on Wednesday August 20 in response to miner protests. According to ILNA, one of the protesting workers reported that police tried to break up the demonstrations and arrested 16 workers. Two workers were reportedly arrested on Tuesday August 19, and warrants were also issued […]
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. […]
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 […]