Some 400 coal miners in the city of Shahroud, northern Iran, went on strike on Monday, February 1st, gathering in front of the mine gate to protest authorities inaction and lack of response by the government agency to their demands.
The workers said they are on strike protesting the 4½ month delay in receiving their pay and around two months of their insurance not being deposited. The mine workers also protested a decision by the mine management on cancelling Thursday and Friday as working days.