Iran – A New Wave of Unionization? - 27 minutes
written by building bridges radio
at Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Iran – A New Wave of Unionization?
With
Homayoun Poorzad, Central Council Member,
Network of Iranian Labor Unions (NILU)
Despite unrelenting state repression, there have been rumblings of
renewed labor organizing in Iran. While the most visible activities
are those of the Bus union of Tehran, the Sugar ‘Workers and
teachers unions, there is a good deal of spontaneous worker
protests that do not lead to any permanent organization. The current
recession is ratcheting up labor protests and the plan of the
Ahmadinejad government in March to do away with all subsidies
enjoyed by the population will increase prices to consumers and
produce huge layoffs which may be lead to a period of mass labor
unrest.
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