Ahvaz metro contract workers protested not receiving their paychecks for the past 5 months, gathering outside the central station located in Eghbal Avenue.
On the morning of Tuesday, June 3rd, a worker of Ahvaz metro said regarding the reasons behind the contract workers’ gathering, “Around 200 of the Ahvaz metro contract workers, active in the transport and digging branches of the tunnel, began protesting on June 1st to the 13th so far protesting not receiving five months of their paychecks. They are present at the site during their working hours but will not be actually working.”
Based on this report, the Ahvaz metro contract workers have not received their paychecks from January to this day. In addition to this the workers only received a 12% raise in their salaries while they were promised a 25% increase. This increase has also yet to be deposited to the workers.