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Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) July 22, 2010 A spokesman for Tehran’s municipal bus-service union has been released from prison on bail, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Said Torabian, who had been held at Rajaee Shahr prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, was released on July 20. He was detained by authorities on June 9. [...]
Mr. Seddigh Karimi and Mr. Fouad Kei-khosrohi, members of the Board of Directors of the Free Workers Union of Iran, hve been summoned to the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj. Based on this summonds, both of them will appear at court today, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (29 Tir 1389). These two gentlemen [...]
Source: Iranian Labor July 19, 2010 On July 18, the Iranian parliament was a scene of different workers protests. The first protest was by several hundred retired workers and pensioners who gathered by the parliamentary buildings in central Tehran to protest the recent measures taken by the ministry of welfare and social security officials. The [...]
July 18, 2010 The largest automotive company in the Middle East, Iran Khodro has had to cut back shifts due to a shortage of electricity. Iran Khodro management announced to its employees that the evening and night shifts are being eliminated until further notice. In order to conserve energy the assembly line and administrative office [...]
Source: Iranian Labor July 15, 2010 According to the reports by the Kermanshah Association of Electrical and Metal Workers, about 100 workers of Parhoon Design Construction Company have gone on strike in Sanandaj demanding their four months back wages. Parhoon Design is one of the main contractors on the Sanandaj gas power plant construction project [...]
Source: International Transport Workers’ Federation 15 July 2010 The ITF has invited imprisoned Iranian bus workers’ leader Mansour Osanloo to the federation’s congress in Mexico, in the wake of a statement by the Iranian government that he would be released. ITF general secretary David Cockroft last week sent Osanloo the special invitation to attend the [...]
Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) July 10, 2010 Mahmoud Bagheri, the member of board of directors of Teachers Trade Union of Iran, was arrested by security guards on June 29, 2010 after being summoned to the Zone 4 preservation in the Ministry of Education. According to Bamdad News, the wife and family of [...]
Source: Iranian Labor July 8, 2010 Alborz China Manufacturing Company workers in the city of Qazvin, numbering more than 180, staged a protest gathering in front of the factory gates on July 6. The workers have been paid only twice in the last twelve months for 1000 US dollars each time, making them owing more [...]
July 5, 2010 The Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburbs (Vahed) Bus Drivers vehemently condemns extended arrest and increasedpressure on Mr. Saeed Torabian and Reza Shahabi Today, 14th of Tir, 1389, marks the 27th day of the arrest of Saeed Torabian and the 24th day of the arrest of Reza Shahabi. Throughout this [...]
