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International Workers’ Day – No. 2<\/p>\nInternational Workers’ Day – No. 2<\/p>\n
Millions of workers are struggling with poverty and unemployment<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n NCRI – A large number of Iranian workers join millions of unemployed everyday as layoff of workers in factories and work shops across Iran escalates.<\/p>\n In Tehran, Pars Vegetable Oil Co. has laid off a large number of its workers and is facing total bankruptcy. The remaining few workers are also on the verge of expulsion. Most of company's estate and facilities are looted by its state assigned managers.<\/p>\n In north-western city of Ardabil, Sabalan Parcheh Company, with some 1,500 worker has come to complete shutdown in recent weeks as all its workers have been laid off. protests by almost half of the work force that were laid off last year did not bear any fruit. The workers have not been paid for their last 6-15 months of labor.<\/p>\n Keyvan Co., Iran's largest chocolate producer, has laid off up to fifty of its workers with at least ten years of experience, Minoo Industrial Co, a large food production company has laid of some fifty workers with over five years of experience. Niroo Civil Engineering and Manufacturing Co. has laid off 150 workers with 10-15 years of experience. Ranguin Industrial & Chemical Co. has laid off 40 workers. <\/p>\n In Zarghan, located in southern Fars province, 80 workers of Pars Spaghetti Co. were laid off. In the same province, in Bam many municipality workers were laid off.<\/p>\n Due to anti-labor laws of the clerical regime, Iranian workers are deprived of the least support and job protection thus all the difficulties caused by destruction of industrial units and the regime's bankrupt economy are putting enormous pressure on tens of millions of poverty stricken and deprived families of eight million full time and millions of part time workers.<\/p>\n On the eve of the International Workers’ Day, the Iranian Resistance calls of the United Nations' Secretary General, International Labor Organization and all other workers’ rights organizations to condemn the Iranian regime's anti-labor policies and support the rights of Iranian workers.<\/p>\n Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran International Workers’ Day – No. 2 Millions of workers are struggling with poverty and unemployment NCRI – A large number of Iranian workers join millions of unemployed everyday as layoff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[175],"class_list":["post-8094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-statement-human-rights","tag-updated"],"yoast_head":"\n
April 30, 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"