Company complaint sends worker reps to court

Four labour activists employed by the Razi Petrochemical Company in Kermanshah have been summoned to court following a complaint by company management. Mousa Hendijani, Maziar Rahimzadeh, Gholamhossein Heydari and Adel Rashedi were served court orders to appear for questioning. An unidentified labour activist told ILNA on Monday: “These four were the workers’ representatives who met with management during last year’s…

Four labour activists employed by the Razi Petrochemical Company in Kermanshah have been summoned to court following a complaint by company management.

Mousa Hendijani, Maziar Rahimzadeh, Gholamhossein Heydari and Adel Rashedi were served court orders to appear for questioning.

An unidentified labour activist told ILNA on Monday: “These four were the workers’ representatives who met with management during last year’s labour protests.”

According to the report, the four will have to appear in court on August 10 to answer to a charge of “disrupting order” filed against them by the employer.

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