Source: Deutsche Welle
March 16, 2010
Jaafar Azim Zadeh, the head of the Free Assembly of Iranian Workers, has given an interview to Deutsche Welle on the recent decision of the Iran High Council on Labor to set the minimum wage at 303.48 US Dollars this coming new year. The following is the translation [...]
Source: Deutsche Welle
March 16, 2010
The High Council on Labor recently announced the new minimum wages rate scheduled to start on the Iranian New Year March 20. The rate has been set to 303.48 US dollars per month. The same rate for the previous year stood at 263 US dollars. The rate announced [...]
Source: The Green Voice of Freedom
March 9, 2010
An MP from the city of Arak has spoken of job losses at a plant of a company called Abangan in the city of Arak.
Ahmad Lotfi Ashtiani who represents Arak in the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) told the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA), that ceding the company and the [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA)
March 7, 2010
7 labor activists have been arrested in Kurdistan in recent days.
In a series of reports posted on its website, the Coordination Committee to Help Form Workers’ Organization (CCHFWO) has released the names of 7 labor activists who have been arrested in recent days.
On February 27, [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists in Iran (RAHANA)
March 5, 2010
A group of Simin textile factory workers in Isfahan gathered outside the governor’s office on Wednesday to protest their unpaid wages.
RAHANA – In recent months, the number of worker protests has been on the rise across the country. The irrational economic policies of Ahmadinejad’s government [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA)
March 5, 2010
A group of Simin textile factory workers in Isfahan gathered outside the governor’s office on Wednesday to protest their unpaid wages.
RAHANA – In recent months, the number of worker protests have been on the rise across the country. The irrational economic policies of Ahmadinejad’s government [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA)
March 1, 2010
“We have warned the managing director that unless our backpay and benefits are paid by Wednesday, we will gather outside the ministry”, said one employee.
RAHANA – The employees at the Social Security Organization headquarters in Tehran gathered on behalf of all their colleagues across Iran, [...]
Mr. Osanloo is kept in the same ward as prisoners who are on medication, have mental and emotional problems, or are aggressive murder convicts.
By Mojtab Samienejad for RAHANA
March 2, 2010
Mansour Osanloo, the leader of the Greater Tehran Bus Drivers’ Union, was arrested on July 10, 2007 to serve his 5-year jail term in Evin Prison. [...]
Source: Persian2English
February 28, 2010
Political prisoner Mansour Osanloo has been repeatedly attacked by an inmate charged with murder.
According to reports sent to Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran, during the past few days, political prisoner Mansour Osanloo, President of the Executive Committee at Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (SWTSBC) has been [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA)
February 27, 2010
Factory management moves to curb dissent at the Isfahan Steel Complex after a flyer invited company’s contract workers to go on a hunger strike to protest wage and benefit cuts.
RAHANA – Last week, a flier calling on contract workers to go on a hunger strike [...]
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