10 independent workers organizations issued a joint statement on the occasion of the international workers day in Iran. The statement presented the workers demands and condemned the suppression of workers and general populance since last May day in Iran. Following the statement, authorities have increased suppressive tactics on the labor leaders. Based on reports by [...]
Ten independent workers organizations in Iran issued a joint statement on the occasion of the international workers day. In addition to the joint statement by the 10 organizations, other workers groups and individuals have issued statements and declared their support for the workers demands. Tehran and Municipality Vahed Bus Workers Syndicate, Haft Tapeh Sugar Refinery [...]
به نام جان آفرين كارگران جوانان هموطنان آزادي خواه ما امسال روز جهاني كارگر را در شرايطي جشن مي گيريم كه كشورمان وارد يكي از حساسترين مقاطع تاريخي خود در چند دهه گذشته شده است . حكومت خودكامه كه ضربات نيرومندي از جنبش دموكراسي خواهي دريافت كرده در صدد برقرار ساختن سيطره خود در اولين [...]
10 Independent Workers Organizations in Iran have issued a joint statement on the occasion of the international workers day. The text of the statement translated by Iran Labor Report is as follows: May 1st is the international day of working-class solidarity and the day of global protest against poverty, destitution, and injustice. On this day, [...]
In the name of the creator To all the Iranian workers, young people, and freedom lovers: We celebrate the International Workers Day this year at a moment when our country has entered one of the most critical junctures of its recent history: the tyrannical dictatorship which has received powerful blows from the popular movement is [...]
Center for Solidarity with the Families of the Incarcerated and the Fallen in a statement has announced the names of the workers who have lost their lives in the course of last year’s Green Movement protests following the fraudulent June 12 elections. The Center has called for putting flowers at the tombs of these worker [...]
The Council for Celebration of International Labor Day – 1389 (2010), stating demands on the workers’ day, has called for demonstrations through out Iran on the occasion of the May day. The statement reads as follows: Workers, teachers, students, nurses, wage-earners, ladies, gentlemen and freedom-loving people of Iran, International Labor Day, May 1st, is a [...]
The National Union of Women Workers held an officially-sanctioned program celebrating female workers on April 26. A declaration supporting the demands of the female workers was read at the end of the program. The Declaration states the following: International Labor Day, May 1st, is a reminder of heroic struggles of many workers during the course [...]
While May Day, the International Workers Day, has never been an officially-sanctioned holiday in Iran, workers have nevertheless celebrated it throughout the years, often against heavy police repression. This year, the authorities have banned all gatherings by the independent labor organizations and threatened them with severe punishment. However, the old government-affiliated labor groups have announced [...]
May 2, 2010 marks “Teachers Day” in Iran. On this day, the Coordinating Council of the Teachers Trade Unions has called for a hunger strike to protest the long sentences and death penalties handed out to teachers. Additionally, the Council asks for the removal of security measures from the schools, increased job security and putting [...]
