NCRI – According to reports, workers at Ardakan Pellet Producing Factory in Yazd (Central Iran) are on strike. Following the strike, the project and the factory have been completely shut down. None of the project staff has been paid during the past six months.
The workers had warned the factory officials last week that they would go on strike unless their overdue salaries were completely paid. Following the workers’ warning, the officials promised to pay the overdue salaries. Eventually, the promise was not kept and the workers did go on strike. They have announced that the strike will continue until their overdue salaries are completely paid. Following the strike, the employer met with the workers’ representative, promising to pay two months of overdue salaries while announcing that the factory is unable to fully pay the overdue rewards and the severance pay. The proposal has been rejected by the workers who are asking for all the overdue salaries as well as the rewards and the severance pay. According to reports, factory officials are currently closing the factory to adjust the labor force and sack some of the workers.
Following the strike, the factory is closed. The workers have announced that unless the employer keeps his promise, they will continue to be on strike.
The Pellet Producing Factory is located in Ardakan in Yazd province, 25 kilometers Westward of Ardakan-Naein road.
Also according to a report by Ministry of Intelligence’s “Mehr” news agency, some of the students in Isfahan University (Central Iran) held a gathering around noon on Sunday September 18 at the university’s Central Library, to protest against Educational Years Law.
The students to whom the Educational Years Law were applied, were protesting against being charged for dorm, meals and tuition.
The Educational Years Law is applied to graduate and PHD students following their fifth and ninth semester respectively, thereby raising their expenses up to ten times.
