One hundred workers have been laid off from the Acryl Top Factory in Behshahr and every one of them was a woman.ILNA reports that the Acryl Top factory in Mazandaran Province produced various kinds of yarn and thread. All of the workers reportedly had significant seniority and have now been referred to collect employment […]
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Higher education in Iran means higher jobless rate
Iran’s Minister of Science and Technology says the unemployment rate among university graduates is higher than the general unemployment average, and that is why the country’s academic elite go abroad for work. Mohammad Farhadi said on Friday February 27 that one million students graduate from universities across the country each year but they find […]
Commission warns of jobs crisis for university graduates
The Research and Education Commission of Iranian Parliament has announced that four million university graduates are currently unemployed across the country. Ghassem Ahmadi told IRNA that 4.5 million students are currently enrolled in university programs across the country, and without a targeted and well planned program, within the next three to four years this […]
Iranian auto parts workers cut down by poor economy
Iran’s automotive sector announced today, July 21, that close to 122,000 workers in auto parts factories have lost their jobs in the past year. A spokesman for the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association said that since last year, economic fluctuations have forced many production units to lay off between 30 to 50 percent of their […]
Journalists carry on working as they wait for unemployment
There is news saying newspaper that were closed down before are to be opened again. This is very interesting news to those who know what it means to lose a job over a night because their newspaper was closed down by the government. They wonder if such reopening process equalled […]
Rising unemployment hits Kermanshah
Five thousand workers at the brick-making burners in Kermanshah province have been laid off over the past two years, the Kermanshah Post website reports.
Iranian workers face growing unemployment
Close to 15,000 workers have been thrown out of work since 325 fertilizer factories closed down due to the unregulated import of Chinese fertilizers, says the president of the Association of Fertilizer Producers.
Iranian authorities warn against rising unemployment
The deputy head of Worker’s House has warned that if job creation plans are not properly managed, in the next two years the country will face a crisis of 1.5 million unemployed workers.