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NCRI – Workers at the Gilana tile factory have staged a protest at nine months of unpaid wages and broken promises by bosses.<\/p>\nNCRI – Workers at the Gilana tile factory have staged a protest at nine months of unpaid wages and broken promises by bosses.<\/p>\n
It is the latest in a catalogue of workplace demonstrations across Iran as the regime’s economy lurches into crisis.<\/p>\n
As the laborers blocked the main Rasht to Qazvin road on Saturday, one striker told a local media: “We are gathering in front of the factory to protest at nine months of unpaid wages.<\/p>\n
“Our representative, the governor and city officials promised that two months after the New Year all unpaid wages would be paid, but until now they have not kept their promise<\/p>\n
“Our employer is not buying any raw materials for production, and is instead using up current supplies.”<\/p>\n
Another worker added: “The authorities have repeatedly promised to resolve the problem. The workers of the Gilana tile factory are now not even able to afford bread.<\/p>\n
“There are 250 workers and retired workers facing this problems.”<\/p>\n
And a workers’ representative: “The problems started in the second half of 2010 with mismanagement followed by unpaid wages.<\/p>\n
“Unpaid salaries and due benefits and non-payment of insurance have created legal and economic problems for the workers.<\/p>\n
“The Gilana factory workers have gathered several times in front of the factory and governor\u2019s office in the past few years to solve the problems they are still now facing.<\/p>\n
“Nine months of unpaid salaries has reduced workers’ living conditions to a critical situation.<\/p>\n
“The workers are gathering in front of the factory which is located on the main road, and burning tires in protest at this mismanagement and failure to resolve the problem.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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