The steep economic downturn, spreading plant closures, high inflation rates, and political repression have caused great strain on the Iranian working class in 2012. While workers across the globe held
Union’s Message on its VP’s Prison Release Ebrahim Madadi, the vice president of the Tehran and Suburbs Vahed Bus Workers Syndicate, has been released following the completion of his prison
According to the received reports, Reza Shahabi, a member of the board of directors of Tehran and Suburbs Vahed Bus Workers Syndicate, who since June 12, 2010 has been incarcerated
On April 8, more than six hundred Metalworks Industries workers staged a protest gathering by the presidential compounds in Tehran. Following meetings with the authorities at the compounds, worker’s representatives
In recent years, the advent of the Persian New Year in late March which halts production for millions of workers across the country has provided management an opening to rationalize
On March 9, 2012, the USLAW Steering Committee adopted the following resolution on the looming confrontation with Iran: USLAW Resolution Calls for Diplomacy Not a Military Attack on Iran Adopted
Iranian academic and teacher trade unionist Prof Abdolreza Ghanbari is facing the death penalty in Iran. Like many, his crime if “enmity towards God”, a catch-all offense used primarily to
by ABI MEHREGAN Abi Mehregan is a pen name. A labor activist, the author is on the staff of Iran Labor Report. This article first appeared in Tehranbureau. One man’s
