Qazvin meter workers gather again in front of the governor's office to protest the postponement of their salaries
A group of Qazvin meter workers gathered in front of the Qazvin Governorate for the umpteenth time in a protest to achieve their rights and receive their demands and wage arrears.
According to news published by ILNA News Agency, Iran's labor news agency, this group of Qazvin meter manufacturing workers gathered in front of the Qazvin Governor's Office on Thursday, October 15, for the umpteenth time in a row, holding banners, protesting against receiving their demands and wage arrears and the failure to fulfill promises made by officials and members of parliament, and demanding that the situation of this company be addressed.
According to this report, Qazvin meter workers have not received their salaries for about seven months and have been owed 24 months of arrears since previous years.
According to one of the protesting workers, a Qazvin provincial official gave an interview on the Iranian Radio and Television a few days ago and announced that the workers would get their rights, but nothing has happened so far.
According to available information, even though the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qazvin Metering Company are currently in prison due to an economic case, the problems of meter-making workers continue.
According to another protesting worker, the protesting workers of the Qazvin Meter Manufacturing Company have been told to stop complaining about the company's store cash registers, because the company will be put up for auction on November 28, and with the changes and transformations in the cash registers and their sale at a high price, all workers' accounts will be settled by May of next year.
The meter-making factory, located in the industrial city of Qazvin, also witnessed a protest last month over layoffs. The factory reportedly had around 350 to 400 workers, but over the past two to three years the number of workers has been reduced to a maximum of 200.
Labor protests in Iran have increased following currency fluctuations and increasing economic problems, and Islamic Republic officials have recently acknowledged growing public dissatisfaction.
The United States has repeatedly condemned the Iranian regime's security crackdown on workers and labor activists. The US State Department also recently said in a message that the Islamic Republic's regime could have paid the salaries of workers in Iran with the money it spent in Syria.
Source: Voice of America
