Continued Professional Gatherings of Workers and Retirees in Iran; Protesters Say Raisi’s Performance is ‘Anti-People’ and ‘Anti-Labor’
In continuation of professional gatherings of workers and retirees, on Sunday, the 18th of Mehr, a number of retirees and pension recipients of the Steel Fund held several protest rallies in the cities of Isfahan and Ahvaz.
Workers at Haft Tappeh sugarcane factory, on the thirteenth day of their strike, held a protest gathering in front of the Shush County Administration building, criticizing the performance of Ibrahim Raisi and the governor of Khuzestan Province, and then marched through the city. These workers also traveled to Ahvaz on Saturday with prior announcement and for the purpose of meeting with the Khuzestan governor, but according to the workers, the governor refused to meet with them and showed no response to their protests.
On Sunday, a representative of the protesting Haft Tappeh workers, while criticizing Ibrahim Raisi’s performance, stated that since taking office, he has acted in an anti-labor and anti-people manner.
Referring to the issues and problems of workers, he called the “people-centered” nature of Raisi’s government “a false slogan” and said that Raisi is “indifferent” to their problems.
According to this labor activist, the Khuzestan governor, despite a request to dialogue with workers, has refused to meet with them.
The independent Haft Tappeh workers’ channel, in a report, named the immediate resolution of company management in the absence of a board of directors and transparency in the method and price of its transfer as the first demand of the striking Haft Tappeh workers.
In Ahvaz, today a number of retirees and pension recipients of the Steel Fund held a gathering in front of the building of this fund, demanding attention to their demands, including bringing pensions to the minimum poverty line, access to free medical treatment, and reform of wage alignment regulations.
Likewise, in Isfahan, retirees and pension recipients of the Steel Fund held a protest gathering with placards in front of the fund’s building, demanding attention to their livelihood and legal demands.
Source: Voice of America
