{"id":331084,"date":"2025-05-01T22:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=331084"},"modified":"2025-05-01T22:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:20:14","slug":"italian-trade-union-with-2-million-members-declares-solidarity-with-iranian-workers-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/italian-trade-union-with-2-million-members-declares-solidarity-with-iranian-workers-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Trade Union with 2 Million Members Declares Solidarity with Iranian Workers\u2019 Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_331085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-331085\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-331085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Italian-Labor-Union-UIL-support-Iranian-workers-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Italian Labor Union (UIL) statement declaring solidarity with Iranian workers \u2014 April 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Italian-Labor-Union-UIL-support-Iranian-workers-2025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Italian-Labor-Union-UIL-support-Iranian-workers-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Italian-Labor-Union-UIL-support-Iranian-workers-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Italian-Labor-Union-UIL-support-Iranian-workers-2025-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Italian-Labor-Union-UIL-support-Iranian-workers-2025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Italian-Labor-Union-UIL-support-Iranian-workers-2025-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-331085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of the Italian Labor Union (UIL) statement declaring solidarity with Iranian workers \u2014 April 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"581\">The Italian Labor Union (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uil.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UIL<\/a>), one of Italy\u2019s three largest trade unions with over two million members, has issued a strong statement of solidarity with the workers of Iran on the occasion of International Workers\u2019 Day. The declaration, released on April 29, 2025, comes from UIL\u2019s Marche provincial branch and highlights the systemic denial of workers\u2019 rights under both the Shah\u2019s monarchy and the clerical regime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"1093\">Founded in 1950, UIL is affiliated with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). In its statement, UIL condemned Iran\u2019s ongoing violations of International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, noting that despite being an ILO member and signatory to various agreements, Iran\u2019s government has failed to implement basic labor protections. \u201cThere is no law or protective framework to defend the minimum rights of workers in Iran,\u201d the union declared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1155\">The statement outlines a grim reality for Iranian workers:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"2144\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1369\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1369\"><strong data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1187\">Job insecurity is rampant<\/strong>, with 94% of workers employed on temporary contracts and 95% lacking formal employment agreements, leaving them vulnerable to arbitrary dismissal without compensation or benefits.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1515\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1515\"><strong data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1411\">Independent labor unions are banned<\/strong>, replaced by government-controlled \u201cIslamic Labor Councils\u201d that do not represent workers\u2019 interests.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1698\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1698\"><strong data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1569\">Minimum wages fall far below the cost of living<\/strong>, with the regime setting wages at less than a third of the basic household expenses, pushing millions of workers into poverty.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Australian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Australian<\/a> Unions and Civil Society Groups Back Iranian Workers on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InternationalWorkersDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#InternationalWorkersDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e5lSmO0XXQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/e5lSmO0XXQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1917677840583254489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"2144\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1699\" data-end=\"1972\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1701\" data-end=\"1972\"><strong data-start=\"1701\" data-end=\"1734\">Workplace safety is neglected<\/strong>, resulting in \u201can average of 40 workers killed every week in workplace accidents,\u201d according to official reports cited by the union. The statement also pointed to unreported fatalities in Iran\u2019s mines due to a lack of safety equipment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1973\" data-end=\"2144\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"2144\"><strong data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"2018\">Women workers face worsening conditions<\/strong>, with female employment plummeting and women subjected to persistent discrimination and violations of their workplace rights.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2146\" data-end=\"2551\">UIL\u2019s statement situates these abuses in a broader context of systemic oppression under successive authoritarian regimes. \u201cIran\u2019s workers have long been oppressed\u2014first under the dictatorship of the Shah and now under the fundamentalist dictatorship of the mullahs,\u201d the union wrote. It emphasized that Iranian workers today face \u201curgent and dire conditions\u201d and called for immediate international action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On September 24, amid nationwide unrest, South Pars oil workers in Bushehr and Tazareh miners in Semnan protested unsafe conditions and delayed wages. Literacy teachers in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tehran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tehran<\/a> and defrauded citizens in Qazvin also rallied for job security and compensation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dnyzf8pvtA\">pic.twitter.com\/Dnyzf8pvtA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1838677124699345304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2553\" data-end=\"2928\">The union urged global trade unions, labor organizations, and international institutions to stand with Iran\u2019s workers and called on the ILO to place the Iranian regime on its \u201cblacklist\u201d as a violator of labor rights. \u201cIranian workers desperately need international solidarity to secure even the minimum recognized rights that workers enjoy in other countries,\u201d UIL stressed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2930\" data-end=\"3240\">The statement also highlighted the need for coordinated pressure to compel the Iranian regime to honor its obligations under international labor standards. \u201cWithout such pressure, Iran\u2019s workers will continue to suffer under a system that denies them safety, dignity, and basic human rights,\u201d the union warned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3242\" data-end=\"3434\">UIL\u2019s public endorsement marks a significant show of support from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-australian-labor-unions-voice-solidarity-with-iranian-workers-on-international-workers-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European labor movements<\/a> for Iranian workers, adding to growing international calls for accountability and reform inside Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian Labor Union (UIL), one of Italy&rsquo;s three largest trade unions with over two million members, has issued a strong statement of solidarity with the workers of Iran on [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":331085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[130],"class_list":{"0":"post-331084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-protests","8":"tag-iran-protests"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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