Miners at the began a strike today, Sunday July 6, to protest the privatization of the mine.
OLNA reports that according to the workers' representative, about 1,400 coal miners from the Eastern Alborz Mine in the Province of Semnan have stopped working and gathered on the mine premises for a sit-in.
Rahman Ajam, the workers rep, says the government ...
More than 5,000 iron ore miners in Bafgh ended their sit-in protest on its 39th day when their demands were met.
ILNA reports that one of the ministers said on Wednesday that the Yazd governor had appeared at the sit-in and provided the protesters with a written order canceling the sale of 28.5 percent of Bafgh Central Iron Ore Mine shares to the ...
Five thousand iron ore miners entered their 38th day of protests, says the spokesman for the Islamic Association of the city of Bafgh.
In an interview with ILNA, Abbas Bafghi reported that in a meeting on June 17, the minister of industry, mining and trade spoke of cancelling by the order of the president plans to sell some of the Central Iron Ore ...
A group of Khuzestan Steel retirees gathered in front of Iranian Parliament on Sunday June 22 to protest the non-payment of their pension.
Parliaments News Agency reported on Sunday that Khuzestan Steel Company retirees are calling on Parliament to meet their demands.
The protesters carried placards demanding that employment standards legislation ...
The office of Irans Administrative Court has announced that it has dismissed a grievance filed by workers regarding the inadequacy of the minimum wage in the past year.
ISNA reports that labour activists had forwarded the grievance to the special review division of the court, which has now finalized its dismissal of the matter.
Last year, workers ...
Workers at the Fajr Petrochemical Plant refused to work on Tuesday January 21 after management refused to allow the workers representative to enter the plant premises.
Abbas Rezai, the workers representative, spoke to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) last October about worker protests. According to an unidentified worker, management was angered ...