Condition of Iran’s Laborers at the wake of Labor Day

Farmers of Sar-pol-zahab gathered in protest

Sar-pol-zahab, April 18, 2010
On Saturday April 17 a group of farmers of Sar-pol-zahab region gathered in protest in front of Bureau of Farming of this township protesting against the weak management of the head of the bureau and demanded his resignation. The gathering lasted three hours. The protestors signed a scroll to send to provinces officials.
Weakness in management and behind the curtain relations in this township has led to disappointment and protest of the farmers of this region.
It is said that the head of the bureau is a strong supporter of Ahmadinejad.

Almost lost his life

Isfahan, April 18, 2010
During last week Mahdi Omidi a laborer in Sepahian Taban Niroo Company, the heating power plant of Isfahan’s Metal Melting Factory fall of the crane’s hook and was injured in nose, jaw, neck and back.
Mr. Omidi was hospitalized in Al Zahra Hospital, Isfahan and went under surgery after being unconscious for two days.
The reason of the accident was technical defect of the crane.
It is to be mentioned that too many workers suffer from severe injuries and even die during the year due to unsafe conditions of their work as the result of lack of proper management.

Pressure brakes down laborers in Tabriz

Tabriz, April 18, 2010
Some factories in Tabriz have started firing their laborers due to financial problems, mismanagement and being indebted to banks or contractors. Some of these factories are Motojan, Tractor Manufacturing and Match-Making factories.
For example Tractor Manufacturing Factory which is going broke owes about 40 million tomans to other contractors such as those that build parts for it. The reason is mismanagement, lack of assets and import of foreign tractors.
These imported tractors have better quality so nobody buys the ones that are produced domestically. More over formerly with the help of government manufacturing of one tractor cost ten million tomans but now the cost is 27 million tomans.
So the factory has no income and the management has to fire the laborers or in the best situation cut their rights.
During the process of handing over this factory to private section this factory is now handled by two enterprises; Seipa and Mehr Iran (Bassij Loaning). The government owes 50 milliard tomans to this factory.
Laborers activists say that if the current mismanagement continues the life of 3200 laborers of this factory will be in jeopardy.