‘Pay or we take it to the streets’ unpaid sugar cane workers in Iran told the authorities

On 7^th November 2018, sugar cane workers of Haft Tapeh in Khuzestan province entered their third day of the strike and held an assembly in front of the directors’ office of the corporation.

The workers protest against the empty promises of the employers to pay their delayed wages which have not been paid for three months.

The workers issued an ultimatum to the authorities: “if we are not paid by 10^th November, we will take the protest to the streets!”

In a meeting of the provincial council with representatives of the workers and employers it was agreed that workers’ wages would be credited to their account every month. However, the workers were not paid on the agreed date and told that “wages are suspended until further notice.” The workers regard this as “embezzlement and bullying.”

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