Sunday, March 31, 2013

Behnam Khodadadi fired in the wake of his speech


Association of Electrical and Building Workers of Isfahan reports:
Behnam Khodadadi labor activist and member of the Association of Electrical and Building Workers of Isfahan was fired in the wake of his speech at the Auditorium of workers´ sport center Taheri in the South PARS region of county kangan.
At a Iranian new year event, khodadadi spoke about enhancing the rights of workers ', the lack of workers ' organizations and issued a call for the unity and organizing. He also supported the working class protests in the Europe and called on Iranian workers to keep step with the workers´ protests of other countries.
During his speech the security forces of the sport center attacked him and tried in vain to arrest him, but they faced resistance of 1500 Workers. But now he is fired after 7 days. The worker activist Khodadadi is employed by the industrial network development company of Iran (IIND).
Iran Industrial Networks Development (IIND Co.) is specialized in Installation and maintenance of  petrochemical, Oil & Gas facilities.