NCRI – 3,500 workers of the pipeline industries marched in the streets of the southwestern city of Ahwaz on Monday.
The workers decided to march when on Monday the news of their factory shutdown spread. Workers demand job security as their first priority since the government-run factory management refuses to pay their back pays.
Hundreds of workshops and factories went on strike over payments in 2007 and 2008. 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 vulnerable part of the population.
