Workers at the north and south yard depots of the railway have been waiting for a definitive answer from their government appointed management. However, it is refusing to give in to the workers' demands.
Ahwaz strike is just the last episode in the string of walk outs over pay disputes in the country. Less than 90 miles north of Ahwaz has been the seen of longest strike by the country's largest sugar cane factory, Haft-Tapeh in the southern city of Shoosh with over 5,000 workers for months.
In August alone nearly 140 workshops and factories have gone on strike over payments. Factories such as Haft-Tapeh sugar cane mills, Kiyan-Tire making car tires, Iran Khodro the 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.