Category Archives: Oil and petrochemical workers

Oil industry’s official workforce supports Iran’s mass protests and threatens to go on strike

The following is a statement by a section of the oil industry’s official workforce.

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Iran’s oil workers support the mass protests and threaten to go on strike

The following is a message by the Organising Council of Oil Contract Workers’ Protests.

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Day 45 of oil workers’ strike in 112 facilities in 35 cities

The following is a statement published on the Voice of Iran’s Oil Workers Telegram channel.

Day 45 of oil workers’ strike in 112 facilities in 35 cities

The forty-fifth day of oil workers’ strike in 112 refineries, petrochemical centres and power plants in 35 cities

The nationwide strike of contract workers in the oil and petrochemical industries, which began on June 19th in protest against low wages and difficult working conditions, continues on Monday, August 2, for the forty-fifth consecutive day.

The strike of the contract workers has so far spread to refineries, petrochemical industries, power plants and facilities related to the oil industry in the cities of Tehran, Arak, Esfahan, Ahvaz, Abadan, Mahshahr, Jask, Asaluyeh, Gachsaran and others.

Translation: Shahrokh Zamani Action Campaign

Oil and petrochemical workers’ strikes spread despite 700 dismissals

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