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Statement # 1 by Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers’ Organizations about

Presidential Election and recent unrest

Haft Tapeh executive committee members sentenced

Wagon Pars workers stage sit-in over unpaid wages

On August 25 workers at the Wagon Pars factory in Arak, central Iran, went on strike over unpaid wages. Following months of tension with the factory’s owners and managers, the workers staged a sit-in protest by sitting on the ground, locking the factory gate and preventing any managers from entering the factory.Read More

Workers of Iran Khodro, Support the Strike of the Wagon Pars Workers

The right to life is your inalienable right. The non-payment of several months of your wages is an obvious theft. The looters of workers’ wages must be sacked and put on trial. Read More

New protest by Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane workers

The workers of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company’s factory began a new protest on Friday August 7. Following concerns about overtime pay being discontinued, the workers began the latest stage of their struggle when protesting workers started to whistle. The workers have refused to use the punch cards to record their attendance and have chanted slogans against the official in charge of the time keeping system. The protest is directed against the contemptuous bosses and the Ministry of Industries and Mines.Read More

Workers call for stronger health & safety laws with national meetings and rallies

Thousands of workers and families of people who have died or been injured at work will call on state, federal and territory governments today to bring in stronger workplace health and safety protections at a series of nation wide events on Tuesday 1 September. Read More

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