AEU stands in solidarity with striking Iran workers
The
AEU stands in solidarity with the thousands of workers on strike across
Iran at the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Industrial Complex and at refineries and
industrial projects in the South Pars gas fields.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) ranks Iran as
among the worst countries in the world for workers, with no guarantee of
rights. Iran’s labour laws do not allow workers the right to form
independent unions, and workers are regularly threatened, detained, and
tortured. Workers’ demonstrations are violently repressed, with workers and
union leaders arrested and imprisoned for exercising their right to
strike.
The AEU has written to the Ambassador of Iran expressing
solidarity with the workers on strike across Iran, and calling for:
- the immediate payment of
all unpaid salaries of striking workers;
- an end to dismissals and
threats against workers' lives;
- the unconditional release of all imprisoned workers.
