From mine workers in Tabas to university staff, protests are growing against job cuts and months of unpaid salaries. Thousands have been laid off as the regime shifts the cost of war onto workers.
Workers are being pushed to the brink—unemployment, wage delays, and economic collapse are fuelling anger across society:
Layoffs, wage delays, and growing protests across workplaces
27 April 2026
Fluorine mine workers protest mass layoffs
Workers at Fluorine Mine No. 1 in Tabas Golshan have raised their protest against widespread dismissals. These workers, with 4 to 20 years of experience, have been directly affected by mass layoffs.
Layoffs are expanding across mining and industrial sectors. Over 900 workers employed by a mining company producing marble and chromite have been dismissed under the label of “workforce reduction.” In Neyriz, hundreds of mining and industrial units have shut down due to declining sales and lack of exports, leaving thousands unemployed.
Reports also indicate layoffs of:
- 114 workers at Puyeshgaran Maden Maknoon Parsian
- 18 workers at Avand Powder Company
- 15 workers at Rangin Sang Company
- 19 workers at Sangin Rang Company
War costs shifted onto workers
These mass layoffs reflect how the cost of the regime’s war is being imposed on workers. Since the start of the war, hundreds of thousands of workers in oil, steel, and industrial zones in Arak, Saveh, and other regions have been dismissed under the pretext of wartime conditions and declining sales.
Every day, more workers are losing their jobs.
Workers are being called to unite and organise nationwide protests against layoffs and months of unpaid wages.
University staff and professors protest wage delays
Protests by university staff and professors continue over the non-payment of April wages.
Reports indicate that some university lecturers have refused to hold online classes and have issued statements protesting unpaid salaries.
Under pressure from these protests, the Ministry of Science approved a wage increase of over 60% for 2026. However, the Planning and Budget Organisation has opposed this increase and is withholding wages for tens of thousands of university employees.
Unpaid wages – a growing crisis
Delayed wage payments have become an urgent and widespread issue for workers and salaried employees across society.
The regime’s war policies and economic crisis have brought large parts of economic life to a standstill, leaving workers and people to bear the consequences.
Call for unity
Against layoffs and unpaid wages, the call is clear: unite across sectors, organise collectively, and expand protests nationwide.
Worker-communist Party of Iran
27 April 2026
