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Tag: Iranian workers
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Workers’ Strike in the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Industry Continues
The striking workers are demanding higher wages, increased paid leave, elimination of the subcontracting companies, better health and safety, and the right to organize…
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The Suffering and Resistance of Workers in Iran: News and Trends
The current and fourth bi-monthly Labor Report of Zamaneh Media covers events in the approximate range of June-July 2019 and covers major issues faced…
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The new Minimum Wage and Iranian Workers Living under the Poverty Line
The new national minimum wage in Iran is set at a cutoff that cannot provide Iranian workers and their families with a decent standard…
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Iranian Miners’ Call for Justice Echoes in Social Media
In December of 2015 miners of Agh Dareh gold mines staged a number of protests which earned many miners imprisonment, flogging and hefty fines.…
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Iranian Workers, Pensioners Protest Months of Delayed Wages
Labour protests have become the order of the day in Tehran and other cities across the country with workers and pensioners demanding payment of…
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Iran Drops Flogging Sentence against Protesting Miners
The appellate court has reduced the sentences against miners of Bafgh Iron Ore Mines suspending their jail term for three years and changing the…
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Hundreds of Workers Protest in front of Iran Parliament
Hundreds of retired teachers, social workers, the workers of Telecommunication Company of Iran (Mokhaberat), as well as private sector contractors who had work for…
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Sweatshop Workers in Collapsed Building in Iran Left Without Jobs
The 17-story building that collapsed on 19 Jan in Tehran, Iran, was home to 560 small business units, many of them repairing workshops and…
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Plight of Jailed Activist on Hunger Strike Raised in Social Media
Over sixty days into a hunger strike, jailed labour activist Jafar Azimzadeh is reportedly in grave health condition.