{"id":1043,"date":"2018-10-30T17:31:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T17:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpiran.org\/english\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:45:30","slug":"railway-workers-join-national-strike-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpiran.org\/english\/railway-workers-join-national-strike-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"More railway workers join the national strike in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On 28<sup>th<\/sup> October 2018, railway workers from Shahrood, Semnan, Damghan, Zagros, Hormozgan, Lorestan and workers of diesel maintenance in Tehran joined the national strike of the railway workers in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The Railway Line Coordinating Council in Iran called for a strike between 27<sup>th<\/sup> October and 1<sup>st<\/sup> November 2018 as the authorities failed to fulfil their promises to pay unpaid wages and meet the demands of the workers which were outlined in the strike statement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full payment of unpaid wages \u2013 and announcement of the exact date for the payments<\/li>\n<li>Payment of medical insurance<\/li>\n<li>Abolishment of temporary contracts<\/li>\n<li>Offer of permanent contracts<\/li>\n<li>Right to organise<\/li>\n<li>Right to assembly \u2013 whenever the workers need to raise any issues they have<\/li>\n<li>Immediate stop to expulsion of workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many workers in different industries in Iran face similar issues as the railway workers. Delay in payment of wages, non-payment of wages, mass expulsion of workers, lack of right to organise, lack of right of assembly and protest are some of the issues which the authorities don&#8217;t address. Workers in many industries have been forced to go on strike.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#WPIranNews #FightForLife #DelayedWages #RailwayWorkers #WorkersOnStrike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; On 28th October 2018, railway workers from Shahrood, Semnan, Damghan, Zagros, Hormozgan, Lorestan and workers of diesel maintenance in Tehran joined the national strike of the railway workers in Iran. 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