Protest rallies by shift workers at the Karun, Gachsaran, Marun, and Masjed Soliman oil and gas companies

Shift workers of oil and gas exploitation companies held protest rallies in Karun, Gachsaran, Marun, and Masjed-e-Suleiman on Wednesday, April 21.

According to the Council for Organizing Protests of Contract Workers, these gatherings were held to demand the establishment of 12-hour work shifts .

These shift workers were protesting the change in working hours to 8-hour rotating shifts , as well as the failure to meet their job and livelihood demands.

A few days ago, a number of employees from the Karun, Aghajari, and Gachsaran oil fields gathered in front of the Southern Oil Fields Company building .

Shift workers point out that they receive more shift pay in 12-hour shifts and say: In a three-shift work schedule, they should have worked 12 days and had four days off, but in a 12-hour shift, they work four days and have four days off.

Source: Radio Farda