Iranian workers stage protest march on Labor Day
Workers and worker activists gathered outside "labour House" in Tehran today, 1 May, to highlight their union’s requests once more.
Thousands of Iranian labour was participated at May Day rallies. Fighting capitalism, job security, inadequacy of wages commensurate with livelihoods, social security, unemployment, child workers, women heads of family, single mothers, and temporary employment contracts were some of their demands at the gathering.
Alireza Mahjoub, General Secretary of the House of Workers and member of the Social Committee in parliament, siad that “Security forces must know that everyone in this country has right to march and workers have a right too. We have our right to march, and we are here for this purpose."
He added that they told us many times that you would have permission. We have applied for five years, but they disagree.
“Trump is squeezing the throats of Iranian workers with his cruel sanctions and yet shamelessly declares himself to be the defendant of their rights,” hasan Sadeghi, Head of the Workers Union said.
Sadeghi pointed to the event of 1 May 1886 in the US, and said that the blood of the Chicago workers is still boiling
He added that the first victim of American sanctions is Iranian worker. In his speech, Sadeghi also asked authorities to seek a solution for the economy and production, because the workers’ problems would not be resolved without the unwinding of these issues first.
This activist also said “Workers are the backbone of the establishment. Authorities should have paved the way for our march instead of stopping us and limiting us to one designated place.”
International Workers' Day, which is commonly known as May Day, celebrates the international labor movement on the first day of May every year. It’s a national holiday in more than 80 countries around the world.
The first of May is a national, public holiday in many countries across the world, in most cases as "Labour Day", "International Workers' Day" or some similar name – although some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States, which celebrates Labor Day on the first Monday of September.
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