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Oil strike spreads in Iran
Jane Green speaks to Union of Metalworkers and Mechanics of Iran (UMMI) national secretary MAYIZAR GILANI-NEJAD about the ongoing dispute and the current situation for Iranian workers
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THE STRIKE by workers in the oil and petrochemical industries in Iran, which began on the June 19, has spread to numerous sites across the vast oil and gas exploration fields, as well as the oil industry in general.
According to a statement released by UMMI, 28,000 workers have downed tools and remain determined to stay out until their demands are met.
In response to being asked to outline the main goals and demands of the oil industry and contract workers in the recent strikes, national secretary Maziyar Gilani-Nejad was quite clear that the demands were within the strictures laid down in Iranian employment law, which in any case gives employers huge advantages.
“For example, the employment law states that the employer must pay a worker’s wage on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis,” says Gilani-Nejad. “Nowhere does it state that the employer can delay the worker’s wages for three months plus or suddenly disappear having made no payment.
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