Workers of Urban Train Project strike and protest in Ahwaz over 17 months of unpaid wages

On 12^th November 2018, workers of the Urban Train Project in Ahwaz in Khuzestan province, Iran, stopped working and protested for the second day over non-payment of their wages.

The striking workers have not been paid for 17 months for their work on the project. On 11^th November, some of the members of the board of directors of the project attended the workers’ assembly and said that there are not enough funds to pay the workers.

The workers demand immediate payment of their wages and regard the excuses of the directors as “theft and embezzlement”.

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