Workers from the National Iranian Steel Group in Ahvaz, Southwest Iran, got here collectively for his or her sixth consecutive day of protests.
On Sunday, January 28, the employees marched by means of the town streets after rallying exterior the Khuzestan Governorate, Ahvaz Governorate, and the central constructing of the National Bank of the province, chanting slogans.
One of the slogans voiced by the protesters was “We have not seen justice; We will not vote anymore.”
Over the previous yr, there was a big enhance in protests and strikes by Ahvaz Steel staff.
Reports point out that the managers of the metal firm have suspended dozens of staff in response to their protests in opposition to the non-implementation of the job classification plan in current months.
On September 27, 2023, the judicial system of the Iranian regime introduced that it had sentenced 17 protesting staff on this industrial group to flogging and imprisonment or fines.
Furthermore, on Sunday, January 28, there have been experiences of protest gatherings by unofficial oil staff in Gachsaran.
The calls for of those staff embody the implementation of the worker group plan, honest fee of wages and job advantages, and the elimination of contractor staff.
Unofficial staff additionally gathered on January 27 on the Pars Jonoubi (south Pars) complicated to protest the non-response to their calls for for the fourth consecutive week, resulting in a piece stoppage.
Reports point out that comparable gatherings of unofficial staff happened in at the least 5 refineries in Asaluyeh, the place the protesters demanded the implementation of the job classification plan, job safety, and applicable work schedules.
On January 27, staff from the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) additionally held protest gatherings in two operational areas in southern Iran.
Overall, the group of varied commerce union gatherings in protest in opposition to the insufficient residing circumstances for the reason that starting of the federal government of Ebrahim Raisi in 2021 has turn into a rising development.