Oil and gas workers in Iran on strike 26 April, 2023Contract workers at the oil and gas fields in Southern Iran are striking for increased wages and better working conditions.
Iran: IndustriALL escalates union building and solidarity with UMMI9 August, 2018IndustriALL Global Union opens a new period in supporting its Iranian affiliate the Union of Metalworkers and Mechanics of Iran (UMMI) through a leadership capacity building session in Sapanca, Turkey, on 6-8 August, to develop a plan for further cooperation and solidarity. IndustriALL’s Turkish metal affiliate United Metalworkers’ Union (Birleşik Metal-İş) provides essential input.
Iran: oil and gas workers striking for better conditions27 June, 2024Iranian workers employed at oil and gas sector projects, at more than 90 worksites including refineries, oil and gas installations and power plants throughout Iran, started striking on 20 June, demanding shift changes, elimination of employment agencies and wage increases.
IndustriALL demands release of Iranian workers 3 February, 2016IndustriALL Global Union is calling on the government of Iran to immediately release 28 workers arrested on 26 January.
Iran: release imprisoned trade unionists Reza Shahabi and Esmail Abdi 5 September, 2017IndustriALL Global Union has written to the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, demanding an end to the repression of trade unionists, and calling for the release of Reza Shahabi and Esmail Abdi.
Iran: government trying to deregulate labour, says union leader1 September, 2016Maziyar Gilaninejhad of the Union of the Metalworkers and Mechanics of Iran (UMMI) talks about the situation in Iran.
Iran: petroleum workers win back pay after strike action13 December, 2016Workers at the Bushehr Petrochemical Complex won unpaid wages after taking strike action last week.
IndustriALL tells Iranian government: Hands off May Day27 April, 2015The Iranian government is cracking down against workers organizing May Day celebrations. IndustriALL Global Union supports the brave Iranian unions operating in face of intimidation and arrests to mark the international workers’ day.
Iranian auto workers strike against non-payment of wages11 February, 2021Workers at an Iran Khodro Company auto factory in Tabriz have taken wildcat strike action in protest at the non-payment of wages.
Iranian petrochemical workers take strike action24 June, 2021Workers at oil and gas projects and petrochemical plants have gone on strike in South Pars, in Tehran and across Iran as part of coordinated action called Strike Campaign 1400, referring to the current year in the Iranian calendar.
