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NCRI – On Tuesday workers of the state-owned Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company in southwestern Khuzistan province near the city of Shoush, staged a protest to demand their unpaid salaries and called for an end to the harassment of their co-workers.<\/p>\n
More than 2,000 workers of the company demonstrated in front of its management offices. The protesters did not permit the company’s deputy manager to enter his office.<\/p>\n
In the past few days at least five labor activists who had participated in last years’ protests have been summoned by Iranian regime’s judiciary.<\/p>\n
The workers sought the resignation of company’s management and the official in charge of security, who is involved in harassing the workers. <\/p>\n
According to striking workers of Haft Tappeh, the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Information and security has dispatched plain cloth agents to prevent the spread of protest to the city.<\/p>\n
The company’s failure to pay wages, the management’s decision to sell company lands and other properties as well as a threat to dismiss 2,000 out of the 5,000 employees, led to an extensive two-week strike late September and early October.<\/p>\n
Over 3,000 of the workers marched out of the company premises and demonstrated in front of Shoush city governor’s office, sometimes even blocking the road to the city.<\/p>\n
The State Security Forces were dispatched to the area to contain the angry workers and there were clashes on several occasions. A number of workers’ leaders were arrested. Some of them were wounded in clashes between protesters and government forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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