Almost every day in different parts of Iran, workers go on strike and protest against the non-payment of their wages that has pushed many of them into poverty.
Many of the workers are already getting wages below the poverty line and not being paid has immediate, dire consequences for them and their families. Employers and authorities keep promising to pay the wages, sometimes they do this so that the protests stop, but the issue persists.
On 14th March 2019, workers of section 12 of Southern Pars Oil Refinery in the Persian Golf held another assembly and protested against non-payment of their wages and bonuses.
On 14th March 2019, municipality workers and staff in Sanandaj in Kurdistan province held an assembly in front of the municipality building and protested against non-payment of their wages. Armed police tried to stop the workers but the staff confronted them and continued with the protest.
On 14th March 2019, municipality workers in Arak in Markazi province held an assembly in front of the municipality building and protested against non-payment of their wages and bonuses.
On 13th March 2019, municipality workers of Tohid and Sarableh in Ilam province held an assembly and protested against non-payment of their wages. The workers in Tohid haven’t been paid for 6 months.
On 13th March 2019, slaughterhouse workers of Nahavand in Hamadan province went on strike over non-payment of their wages and held an assembly in front of the provincial governor’s office. The workers haven’t been paid for 4 moths.
On 12th March 2019, workers of Chamshir dam in Gachsaran in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province continued their protest over non-payment of wages as the authorities failed to pay the wages as promised.
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