Iran at the wake of Labor Day
News / Protests
Isfahan, April 23, 2010 – Public transportation drivers in Lanjan Township of Isfahan gathered in protest. They have not received their wages for four months. The criminal governor of the township instead of solving their problem threatened them and told the protesters that their problem is none of his business and said “go back to your work and don’t look for adventures”.
This fact made the protesters more angry especially that 15 of them were summoned and had to sign an obligation that they don’t have the right to write any complaint or to refer to the management in the township or province if they have any problem or if they are not paid on time.
These hardworking drivers are only paid 260 thousands tomands per month and they haven’t received even that in the last four months (poverty line is mentioned 700 to 800 thousands tomans by regime’s organs).
The management receives 560 thousands tomans for each driver from the municipality.
Khozestan, April 23, 2010 – Wave of laborers’ protests is covering Khozestan Province. Laborers of Abadan’s municipality, Khoramnoosh Soft Drink Company, Khoramshahr’s Load and Unload, Ahwaz Bus Driving and Pipe Manufacturing Companies gathered in protest during last week and joined the surging wave of laborers’ protests throughout Iran.
Ahwaz Pipe Manufacturing Factory fired 50 of its workers on the excuse of ‘lack of budget and work force revision’ during Norooz holidays. This unit had fired 100 laborers on last year’s Norooz too on the same excuse.
Khoramshahr’s Soft Drink Factory has started firing its laborers due to mismanagement and the large amount of money that it owes Saderat and Meli Banks, it has gone broke. This factory is closing while soft drinks manufactured in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Emirate are filling Iran’s bazaar in south of the country.
Domestic sources say the this factory was supposed to add a new manufacturing rail on a 100 million tomans loan but postponement of release of machinery bought from Germany led to the factories bankruptcy.
Also laborers of 23 other Load and Unload Enterprises in Shalamcheh Port went on protest. Handing the affairs of this port to a private company has aroused the danger of firing and revision in work force of at least 400 laborers of this port.
It is to be mentioned that after Norooz Holidays laborers’ protests have rapidly increased in Iran.
Arak, April 23, 2010 – Laborers of Arak’s textile industry are furious because they haven’t received any answer for their wages that have not been paid for six months. They gathered again to protest the fact that regime’s elements are stealing their wages.
Laborers of Arak’s Avangan Company, producer of communication posts with 700 laborers, protested several times against the non-payment of their wages for 8 months.
Their wages are looted by the management of the company in collusion with suppressive SSF and the governor’s system.
This time these laborers gathered in front of the factory and raised placards reading “Hossein, we despise oppression”.
Regime’s suppressive forces in fear that the crowd around would join them attacked them and viciously dispersed them tearing their placards apart.
Tehran, April 16, 2010 – 400 laborers of Sadi Tile Factory haven’t received their wages for 4 months. Each time that they go on strike they are promised with lies so that their protest would be hushed but these honorable laborers gather again in protest to gain their rights.
Kerman, April 18, 2010 – more than 40 laborers of Bardsir Sugar Cube Factory gathered in protest in front of the factory. They protested against anti laborer policies of the government. Due to closure of the factory some of them haven’t received their wages for two years.
These laborers gathered from 8 to 11 am in front of the factory and then moved towards city’s Governor Office to continue their protests there but as before no governmental official answered their demands.
It is to be mentioned that due to regime’s political interest towards countries such as Cuba, excessive imports of sugar has its consequences on domestic sugar (which will not be sold) and sugar cube companies are either facing crisis of are forced to close. As a result not only their workers loose their jobs but also the farmers of sugar beet will suffer severe damages.
News / Suppression
Tehran, April 23, 2010 – Hundreds of laborers of Iran Barak, Dona Tire, Soft Drink and Tehransar Printing Companies have been fired before or after Norooz holidays while Ahmadinajad in another lie has said on April 7 that: “by executing the plan of fast profitable units the rate of unemployment has reduced 3%.
Of course Iran’s Laborers will answer his lies back on Labor Day.
Khatoonabad, April 23, 2010 – On March 27 a young 29 years old laborer Hamid Shamsedin, married, died due to cancer. Hamid had two very young kids.
A laborer activist and Hamid’s relative said that he died because of the toxic effect of the smoke from Cubber Melting Factory in Khatonabad. The cancer was so severe that he died only 10 days after it was discerned and they could do nothing for him.
Tehran, April 17, 2010 – A contractor that usually has contracts with municipality said that these days all the work that was done by private section is given only to RGC and Bassij and this is the grass root of unemployment of a great number of laborers.
Tehran, April 17, 2010 – A reporter of the state-run TV and Radio said: “we are not allowed to report from small townships in suburbs of Tehran because they don’t want the true face of the city to be revealed. We are only allowed to tape regions that they call them as ‘safe and sound’.
Ahwaz, April 14, 2010 – 35 Laborers of Ahwaz Water and Sewage Company have not received their wages since the beginning of last Fall. One of the laborers said: “we went on strike for two times but each time they ordered our expulsion so we had to go back to work”.
We have borrowed too much from different shops and they don’t lend us anything anymore how are we supposed to provide food for our children.
Uromieh, April 16, 2010 – Before Norooz regime has fired a great number of laborers of Pastorizeh Milk and Fruit Juice Factory and it is now working with have the personnel. These personnel are receiving between 190 to 230 thousands tomans only (poverty line is between 700 to 800 thousands tomans) and they work two shifts, both before and after noon.
Tehran-Pakdasht, April 16, 2010 – One of the main problems of Russell Tablo Enterprise is that this enterprise has made deals with contractors for doing its works so its laborers have too work for it in position of temporary workers without enjoying the least rights of laborers as insurance and bonuses. The manager has not given them laborers’ boons since three years ago and has told them that if they want to leave they will be paid the amount all together but each year the value of Iran’s currency falls. 20 laborers of this enterprise have been fired.
Especial report :Job security in Iran
Iran’s economy and production is doomed due to anti laborer policies of a broke clerical regime. One of the results of these policies is collective firing of laborers from different factories which has raised a wave of protests and sit-ins in the laborers sector of the society.
During last week 70 workers of Swan Cooking Oil factory were fired. One of the members of Labor Council employed in the Ministry of Labor pointed to the news and said: “each day were are confronted with at least 40 to 50 files belonging to laborers who have been fired on no excuse or this excuse that the factory doesn’t have enough income. This is a daily routine. For example in our own factory which had 400 laborers it now continues with only 120. The drop happened in only a short time interval and most of these 120 laborers are temporary ones and if there is slightest problem they will be fired.
According to regime’s laws a laborer must be substituted by another only after 25 years but the regime doesn’t comply even with its own law and this has never been practical”.
It is to be mentioned that in the meeting of members of Islamic Councils from west of Tehran with Laborers House the issue of insecured job positions of laborers and their pathetic wages were brought to attention but regime’s officials denied such problems and they prevented visits of international organs to investigate the conditions of Iran’s laborers from close.
Currently a great number of Iran’s laborers are either being fired or are at struggle for gaining back their rights and their unpaid wages. Six laborers from Haftapeh Sugar Cane factory are still in prison because of their protests.
More than half of the enterprises, companies, small workshops, and brick factories are broke and their workers are sent to compulsory and long unwanted leaves without being paid their wages.
Ahmadinejad’s government has announced syndicates and strikes as illegal
People of Iran have no hope in the clerical regime and they know that their conditions will only get better only if this regime is gone.
Article: Tehran; the most expensive city of the country during last year
Expenses of an average family; one million tomans for food and 830 thousands tomans for other expenses
ISNA state-run news agency- April 6: Statistics from expenditure and income of families in the cities during last week show that Tehran is the most expensive and Sistan and Baloochistan are the least expensive provinces of the country. The money needed for a minimum life in Tehran for an average family is 121564232 rials which is more than one million tomans. This amount in Sistan and Baloochistan is 56420259 rials.
The money needed for expenses other than food for such a family in Tehran in 99799337 rials and this amount in Sistan and Baloochistan is 37942968 rial.
The average yearly income in Tehran in 2008 has been 115932727rials, the highest, and in South Khorasan Province it has been 58493171 rials, the lowest for a family living in the city.
Each family is counted as 3.8 persons.
Statements:
NO.1: Statement of Freedom loving students of west of Tehran
The Labor Day, laborers greatest ceremony be blessed
Part of this statement reads as:
The unity amongst and the solidarity with Laborers on Labor Day, first of May is on its way. The freedom loving students of west of Tehran hail all laborers and deprived compatriots and congratulate them on the day.
After more than thirty years the ruling regime is not obliged to even minimum international standards in regard with the situation of laborers.
In reality the hardworking laborers of our homeland despite of all physical and mental pressures that they tolerate to gain for their livings are not able to buy food for their families.
In spite all the promises given throughout these years our deprived laborers have received nothing other than poverty, misery and larger gap between classes of the society.
The official wage of laborers in year 1388 (2009-2010) is less than one third of what is announced as poverty line and even this diminutive wage has not been paid to them for months and some times a year.
More than 75% of the workers are hired temporarily and have no assurance that they won’t loose their jobs.
Day by day country’s economy and production is being destroyed and we are witnessing the expulsion of laborers.
This situation is a burden on the shoulder of all Iranians beside regime’s subordinates but it is a double pressure for the laborers….
Students of west of Tehran call on all cultural and student associations throughout the country to rise in support of laborers and laborers’ syndicates in this great day and to unit with them in their solidarity and defense….
NO.2: Statement of a group of students from Tehran universities
Gathering on fist of May the universal Labor Day
Part of this statement reads as:
I am the common pain, cry me out loud…
Part of this statement reads as:
In a condition that the wave of expulsion of laborers form factories and other work centers governmental and private, is surging since the end of last year, we students of Tehran universities will take into the streets on May 1 to support the laborers of our homeland and their trampled rights. Our righteous demands will be echoed throughout our homeland in our cry for freedom.
Terrible economical conditions have made it unbearable for most of our compatriots. This regime thinks nothing of its people’s interest in its devastating policies, instead, it uses what belongs to the people for supplying the expenses of producing atomic bomb and helping Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Palestine, Al-Qadeh in Afghanistan and 9 Badr in Iraq financially...
In such a society the gap between society’s classes has very much enlarged. Only a small percentage, all affiliated with the ruling regime, are in complete welfare and comfort.
90% of Iranians especially the laborers are striving under the pressure of a devastating poverty and cry for help.
Right now after almost 11 months of uprising the whole nation has well understood that the solution for all these doomed conditions it the eradication of the regime of Supreme Leadership.
The aware students of Tehran universities believe the current horrible condition of the country, the oppression imposed on people and all economical and political pressure are the results of one thing; the dictatorship plunders the assets of the nation, exploits it by oppression and deprives people of their political and social freedom.
Of course religious dictatorship it the worst of its kind; it hushes people under the name of religion.
We the aware youths while expressing our solidarity with the laborers announce that we will not remain silence in regard with all the inequality and discrimination.
In unity with the honorable laborers of our country we will turn the universal Labor Day to the day of protest against all these. We will take into the streets and we will cry for freedom…
NO.3: Statement of students of Khoramabad’s Azad University in support of demonstration on Labor Day
The statement reads as:
The situation of students and deprived laborers of our homelands is a lot similar. We are now in a course that we can pass with success with our solidarity and unity. If the laborers of our country become aware of the fact that we are a strong back up for them and our cry is as theirs they will ask for their rights more decisively and will put their hands in ours.
While congratulating the Labor Day we announce that we will take into the streets along with the zealous workers of our country.
With our massive presence and our protest gathering on May 1 we will cry for our freedom and our indisputable rights.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
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