NCRI – Workers in Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane factory went on strike again on Wednesday.
Some 1,500 workers of different parts of the industrial complex walked out including those in logistics, engineering, services and maintenance, mechanical work shops and administration. The factory with more than 5,000 employees has been virtually shutdown over payment dispute with the government appointed management most of this year. The factory owes the workers at least six months of salaries and benefits.
Thousands of workers in Haft-Tapeh, Pars, Ahwaz Rolling and Pipes and many more have been on strike.
Workers as the most vulnerable part of the Iranian labor force have faced great difficulties receiving their salaries. Managements in most of the factories which were owned previously by the government have been turned over to the relatives and friends of the ruling mullahs with a fraction of their actual values. The managers with no real experience in running industrial units and keen in pocketing what revenues the factories may have are turning the screws on the workers not paying the salaries for months and cutting their benefits in particular health insurance.
