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Iran\u2019s contract workers went on strike twice since last year. They began their first round of strikes in July 2020, which lasted for a month and a half. The workers threatened that if the regime officials refuse to fulfill their demands, they would resume their strike starting March 2021.<\/p>\n
The oil workers ultimately started their second phase of the strike in March 2021. This time, the strike was more widespread than before. They started a campaign known as 10-20, which meant they would work for twenty days and have ten days paid leave and be considered as official workers. This campaign has continued to the day of this writing.<\/p>\n
The new wave of strikes extended throughout Iran. Tens of thousands of workers held protests in 114 cities. Now over 40% of workers still continue their strike, and 60% have returned to work. The oil workers\u2019 strike in Iran got wide media coverage<\/a> worldwide, and many national and international workers\u2019 unions supported the Iranian oil workers\u2019 strike.<\/p>\n \u201cFootage has spread across social media showing construction workers at 60 oil and petrochemical installations, largely in the country\u2019s oil-rich south, walking off their jobs in protest,\u201d AP reported<\/a> on June 30.<\/p>\n The regime officials, including its former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, also warned about the oil workers\u2019 strike consequences.<\/p>\n \u201cI warn all related authorities and officials that disregarding the protests of those who have found all usual forms to express their demands blocked will not carry good consequences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the NCRI<\/a> called on all workers and youth to support the strikers. She also underlined that \u201cRepression and expulsion will intensify the workers and laborers anger against the anti-labor and inhuman regime, and adds to the public\u2019s resolve to overthrow the regime and establish freedom and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n Hail to the striking oil workers and laborers. I urge all workers and youths to support them. So long as the mullahs\u2019 inhuman and anti-worker regime rules #Iran<\/a>, poverty, high prices, and unemployment will be on the rise. #IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n — Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) June 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n