NCRI – The government appointed management laid off 1,200 workers under the pretext of "necessary repairs and maintenance" in Ardebil Tire Company located in northern Iran, reported the state-run website Shahabnews on Saturday.
Saeed Kazam Mousavi, a mullahs' Majlis (parliament) deputy from the region said, "It is disappointing. They [referring to Tire company management] throw workers out for what they call 'repairs of the equipments.'"
"The workers have family to feed," he added.
Mousavi also revealed that in the same area 650 other workers from Ardebil's Textile Factory have not received their salaries for the past six months.
He went on to say that two billion Tomons (approximately $2 million) had been allocated to pay the textile workers. However, they did not say where the money went.
Hundreds of workshops and factories went on strike over payments in the past year. Factories such as Haft-Tapeh sugar cane mill, Kiyan-Tire making car tires, Iran Khodro car manufacturer are some of the biggest with tens of thousands of workers.
In the past decade, most of Iran's factories have been privatized by the mullahs' regime opening the doors to even more suppressive measures against the Iranian workforce. The new managements were appointed by the government without adequate protection for workers and their families who make the most venerable part of the population.
