Tuesday, July 30, 2013

500 workers of Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane factory on strike

Five hundred workers of the Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane factory are since July 29th on strike. 

They demand:

1- Review and implementation of job classification at this factory.
2- Dismissal of five factory board members, who have two jobs. One of them is Borzoo Ahmadi, who is the former chief of the Intelligence Bureau of city Shushtar and made significant contribution to the dismissal of protesting workers of this factory in 2007 and 2008.
3- The current CEO should remain on job. Farshid Momen Gharib has a long period of employment with the company and there is a rumor about his dismissal.
4- Non handover of Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane Company and the company housing to the revolutionary guards. 
5- End of terrorizing atmosphere at this factory, which is in place since 2007 and led to dismissal of many protesting workers and board members of the Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane Company union such as Ali Nejati, Fraydon Nikufar, Mohammad Heidari, Jalil Ahmadi, Reza Rkhshan, and Ghorban Alipour. 



Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Ghaleb Hosseini sentenced to 18 months imprisonment

Ghaleb Hosseini, the labour activist sentenced to one year imprisonment because of membership of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization and “connectivity” to the opposition parties abroad, and also to six months imprisonment because of propaganda against the system. 

Related: 

Ghaleb Hosseini in court


Pedram Nassrolahi again on trial


Pedram Nassrolahi, the imprisoned worker activist and member of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers´ Organizations was put on trial due to his message to the workers and people on the occasion of May 1st 2013. The Ministry of Intelligence of city Sanandaj declared Pedram’s May 1st message as an illegal act. Pedram was taken back to prison after the court session. The court set a ten million Toman bail until the court decision is announced. 












Friday, July 19, 2013

6 Members of the Coordinating Committee summoned to Court

Six members of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers´ Organizations are summoned to appear in the court in the city of Rasht. 
Faramarz Fetratnejad, Massoud Salimpour, Sirous Fathi, Maziar Mehrpour, Saeed Moghadam and Mrs. Mitra Homayouni were also among the arrested members of the Coordinating Committee at their General Assembly, attacked by the regime in June 2012.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Hamed Mahmoudnejad summoned to court

Hamed Mahmoudnejad, the labour activist and member of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization is summoned to appear before court. He got two separate summons however with two different dates, one is scheduled for July 13th and the other for July 24th. The labour activist is accused of “Acting against the national security”.
Hamed was arrested in March this year and released on a 50 million Toman bail after 32 days imprisonment in the Ministry of Intelligence of city Sanandaj. He was arrested once more just twenty days after his release. This time he was released after 16 days on a 50 million Toman bail. 

Monday, July 8, 2013

Khaled Hosseini sentenced in absentia

The “Revolutionary Court” of the city of Sanandaj sentenced Khaled Hosseini, the labour activist and member of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization in absentia; to one year in prison on July 6th . He is charged with “Propaganda against the system”. The court session was held without informing him.

Jalil Mohammadi released on bail

See full size imageJalil Mohammadi, the labour activist was released on July 3th after 2 months imprisonment in the Ministry of Intelligence of city Sanandaj on a bail amount of 50 Million Toman.
Related:
http://iran-worker.blogspot.de/2013/05/jalil-mohammadi-and-hamed-mahmoudnejad.html

Behzad Farajollahi sentenced to imprisonment

The labour activist Behzad Farajollahi was sentenced in absentia to one year imprisonment by the Sanandaj “Revolutionary Court” on charges of “propaganda against the system” on July3th. Behzad is a member of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization.

Vafa Ghaderi sentenced to imprisonment

The “Revolutionary Court” in the city of Sanandaj, sentenced the labour activist Vafa Ghaderi to one year imprisonment, he is charged with “acting against the national security”on July 2nd. Vafa is a member of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization.

Ghaleb Hosseini in court


Ghaleb Hosseini was put on trial by the “Revolutionary Court” in the city of Sanandaj on July 2nd.  The labour activist is accused of membership of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization and connectivity to the opposition parties abroad.