{"id":306079,"date":"2023-04-19T10:14:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T09:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=306079"},"modified":"2023-04-19T10:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T09:14:09","slug":"iranian-workers-struggle-as-regime-fails-to-adjust-salaries-with-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/iranian-workers-struggle-as-regime-fails-to-adjust-salaries-with-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Workers Struggle as Regime Fails to Adjust Salaries with Inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Iranian regime made much fanfare about raising workers\u2019 salaries by 27% at the start of the Persian New Year in March. Although considered an ineffective salary raise due to the country\u2019s skyrocketing inflation, authorities have refused to fulfill their own promises. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the <\/span>state-run Tejarat News website<\/span><\/a> on November 13, 2022, \u201cThe absolute poverty line for a family of two living in Tehran is 320 million tomans,\u201d and \u201c150 million rials for a family of two living in the city\u2019s outskirts.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The salary of <\/span>14 million workers<\/span><\/a> is roughly 40 million rials; even if the authorities increase it by 27%, it will be around 50 million rials. Meanwhile, the country\u2019s inflation hovers above 40%.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe 27% salary raise for workers is adopted, but their meager earnings stay behind the ever-growing inflation. So, they cannot make a living,\u201d the state-run <\/span>Tejarat News wrote<\/span><\/a> on March 26.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe unbridled inflation deprives workers of having a decent life. The workers\u2019 salary is always below the poverty line. Even if they earn 100 million rials, which wouldn\u2019t help them make a living, they should pay taxes, leaving them penniless against the high prices of consumer goods,\u201d the outlet added. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, not only has the regime refused to increase workers\u2019 salaries, but it has dug its hands deeper into people\u2019s pockets. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On March 21, the <\/span>state-run Eghtesad News<\/span><\/a> website quoted Ali Babaei Karnami, president of the Parliament\u2019s Labor Commission, acknowledging that \u201cThe decision of the Supreme Labor Council to increase the minimum wage of workers by 27% is not per inflation rate and the households’ livelihood.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This very low salary raise contradicts the regime\u2019s own Labor Law. \u201cAccording to paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 41 of the Labor Law, the cost of a family of three must be covered by the minimum salary,\u201d wrote the <\/span>state-run IMNA News<\/span><\/a> on April 13.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to this article: ‘The minimum wage of workers is determined according to the inflation percentage announced by the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran,\u2019\u201d the outlet writes, adding, \u201cThe government has announced two rates of 47.7% and 43.7% as general inflation and 63% as point-to-point inflation. Meanwhile, the inflation rate calculated to increase workers’ salaries is 27-28%, which is not in accordance with real inflation.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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