NCRI – Some 300 workers of the state-run greenery section and services in the city of Yasouj in southern Iran have not received their salaries for months.
Among the workers, 200 of them have not received their payment since April and the 100 remaining working in the greenery are working without payment since last October.
A worker in the city of Boroujerd reported closure of ‘Saman Tile’ factory and the unemployment of around 400 workers without payment 2.5 months of salary. This factory has been one of largest units producing tile and ceramics in the country.
Meanwhile, a labor official from Sugar Cane Factory in Ahvaz said: “Remaining 50 workers at this production unit have not received their income for over 33 months. This factory has been closed down from mid-Summer of 2008.”
Prior to its closure, 280 workers used to be work at the factory.
In the city of Shahrekord 80 per cent of the production units in this city have been closed down in the past 8 years.
The workers blame the government’s economic policies for the closure of the factories and said: “Many large factories including Hamgam China, Shadkam, Darish, Jenat, Sahar China, … which had the largest production have been closed in the past 8 years due to incorrect economic policies of the government.”
