Labor strikes and protests, as well as protests by other deprived strata of the society continue in cities around the country in order to attain their rights usurped by the mullahs’ regime. Some of the protests on Thursday, May 29, are as follows:
In Tehran, a strike by around 3000 steel sellers continued for the fourth day in protest to mullahs’ regime extortion through taxes. The laborers and the employees of Iran Tire Company also staged a protest in the factory lot against the expulsion of a number of workers, reduction in wages, and an increase in the working hours from 8 to 12.
In the city of Najafabad, since May 24, the butchers have also gone on strike in protest to extortion through taxes and still refuse to open their shops.
In Isfahan, the strike by stone cutters continued for the sixth day.
In the city of Bafq, a strike by 5,000 iron miners in protest to privatization of this mine entered its 12th day. Laborers of factories and production centers in the country who under the pretext of privatization are plundered by government officials and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are not paid wages or dividends for long times and many are fired from work.
In the city of Shahr-e Kord, 1,000 bakery owners went on strike to protest an increase in the price of flour. The sandwich shops are closed. Last month, the price of one ton of flour jumped from 380,000 to 540,000 rials.
In the city of Behbahan, mullahs’ regime functionaries were forced to pay the delayed wages of municipal workers after the laborers’ protest of several days.
Similarly, on May 28 in Ahvaz, a number of contract workers assembled in front of the Governor Building. In fear of the spread of this protest move, the intelligence and security elements have encircled the protestors.
On the same day in the city of Hemedan, a number of communication staff assembled in front of the office of the head of province of Hamedan’s communications to protest that two months of their wages have not been paid.
On May 27 and 28, in the city of Sanandaj, 450 laborers of Azad dirt dam went on strike to protest delayed wages of four months.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
May 31, 2014