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ACTIVISTS are calling for international support for Iranian oil workers as they rally on Friday to mark their 12th week of industrial action in defence of workplace rights.
Around 1,000 members of the Union of Metalworkers and Mechanics of Iran have been on strike demanding the reinstatement of sacked workers’ representative Hojjat Rezaei, the implementation of previous agreements on annual leave and camp allowances, the fair implementation of a job classification scheme for all contract workers and changes to the commuting conditions and wages of rental drivers.
The workers are also demanding the implementation of a classification scheme for non-owner drivers and the proper operation of a 14:14-day work-rest shift pattern for administrative and support staff.
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI
