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Zamaneh Bimonthly Labor Newsletter: Covid-19, Privatization of Health Care and Workers’ Struggles
The protests surrounding the privatization of health care and the minimum wage continued in April and May 2020 with workers struggling with earnings that…
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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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New minimum wage still falls short of family expenses
Iran’s Supreme Labour Council set the minimum wage for the coming year at 811,000 toumans per month after an eight-hour meeting on Tuesday March…
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Task force formed early to set minimum wage rates
The minister of labour has issued a directive to representatives of employers and employees to review workers’ living conditions in order to determine minimum…
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Minimum wage increase falls far short of workers’ hopes
After workers’ representatives failed to follow through on their threat to leave the negotiating table, the Supreme Council of Labour approved a mere 17-percent…
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Minimum wage increase under consideration called inadequate
The increase to the minimum wage for the new Iranian calendar year will be finally determined on Sunday March 15, but independent labour organizations…
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Labour groups urge strong final stand in minimum wage talks
Sixty Iranian labour organizations have urged the Supreme Council of Labour to set the minimum wage for the new Iranian calendar year, which will…
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Stalled talks lead to extension for deciding minimum wage
Negotiations over Iran’s minimum wage have remained at a standstill as worker representatives, the ministers of labour and economy and the heads of the…
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Workers want minimum wage hike higher than inflation
With less than a month left before the new Iranian calendar year begins on March 21, workers continue to negotiate for an increase in…