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On 10th<\/sup> February 2019, municipality workers in Kermanshah, Iran, held an assembly to protest against non-payment of their wages. The workers who haven’t been paid for 4 months and haven’t received 8 months of their overtime pay gathered in front of the municipality building, demanding immediate payment of their wages. Many of the workers are on temporary contracts and some of them are paid less than minimum wage.<\/p>\n

On 10th<\/sup> February 2019, cement workers of Sofian Cement in Tabriz, Iran, went on strike to protest against non-payment of their wages. The workers haven’t been paid for 3 months.<\/p>\n

On 10th<\/sup> February 2019, textile workers in Hamadan, Iran, went on strike and held an assembly in the factory to protest against non-payment of their wages. The workers have not been paid for 4 months.<\/p>\n

On 10th<\/sup> February 2019, street vendors in Abadan in Khuzestan province, Iran, protested against ill-treatment by the authorities. The vendors held banners that read \u201cYou don’t give us work, don’t take our work\u201d and \u201cWork is our right\u201d. The vendors are some of the unemployed workers who don’t get any unemployment benefits and are left with no option but to sell goods in the streets. The authorities regard this as illegal and confiscate their goods, often harassing and abusing the unemployed workers.<\/p>\n

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