Today, September 5, 2017, Tehran: A rally and march by workers of the Tehran Bus Company together with students and other labour activists and teachers took place in the morning in front of the parliament (Majles) and the surrounding streets in...
Source: https://www.tuc.org.uk/node/127388 TUC General Secretary, Frances O'Grady writes to the Iranian Ambassador to demand the President of Iran immediately releases imprisoned Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi and denounces their decision to deny Mr Shahabi the medical leave he is due. ...
"We know also that Italian transport company “Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane”, is implementing economical partnership with Iranian transport companies “Islamic Republic of Iran Railways” , this is not tolerable in this situation of rights violation and repression of Iranian workers, also...
In an open statement, dated August 27, 2017, which has been shared widely within the Iranian labour and progressive social media and websites, the Haft Tapeh Sugarcane workers’ Syndicate has sent a solidarity message to the 27th World Congress of...
Message to the 27th World Congress of IUF (The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations) From Haft Tapeh Sugarcane Workers’ Syndicate – Iran August 27, 2017 Dear friends and colleagues; Please accept...
Authorities have told Shahabi he must spend another 968 days in prison in addition to one year jail sentence for his previous charges. An updated sample protest letter is attached Reza Shahabi has been on a hunger strike...
According to the prosecutor's office, stated to Reza Shahabi's wife on August 12, 2017, Shahabi has to be in prison until December 22, 2018. This is outrageous. Strong condemnations and urgent actions needed to push back against the continued targeting...
2nd Update: Reza Shahabi was not admitted into Rajaee Shahr Prison and told to return tomorrow morning August 8, 2017 - Reza Shahabi, accompanied by family and colleagues, entered into Rajai Shahr Prison in the afternoon of August 8, 2017;...
Source: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/detail/15263/iranian-unionist-rearrested-one-month-after-release News has reached Education International of the rearrest of Iranian education union leader Esmail Abdi. Education International (EI) has been notified by the Iranian diaspora that Tehran teacher union leader Esmail Abdi was taken from his house on...
17 July 2017 Urgent Action Printer-friendly version Source: http://www.iuf.org/w/?q=node/5641 Workers at the giant Haft Tapeh sugar cane plantation and mill complex in the southern city of Shush have always had to fight for their wages and their rights. In 2008, workers...
The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) was formed in 1999 in Toronto-Canada and formally announced its formation in January 2000. In nearly two decades of continuous activism, we have played an impactful role in securing international support for Iranian workers’ struggles against the Islamic Republic of Iran, employers, and the inhumane conditions the capitalist order has imposed on working-class lives in Iran. During these years, our politics and the foundational basis guiding our activism have been predicated on working-class traditions with an uncompromising emphasis on working-class independence and autonomy.