Today, 26th November more than 4000 workers of all Steel Company departments in Isfahan ( Sherkaté Zob âhané Esfahan) went on strike. The strike started from the morning shift section in protest against the low level of salaries and the non-fulfilment of promises, and the workers gathered and protested in the company premises. These workers also went on strike and gathered on the 15th and 16th of November and “100% increase in salaries” was their protest slogan. Face with their strong strike, the Minister of Labour hastened to Steel Company (Zob Ahan), and in a meeting attended by him, a representative of the Ministry of Labour and a hundred representatives of the workers, they promised that the demands of the workers would be implemented by the November 26th (today) . But nothing was done. So today as they had warned before, the workers of this large workers complex went on strike again. According to the workers, their wages are lower than other steel companies, and due to the daily increase in prices, it does not cover their living expenses.
Today, also the workers of the Iran Automobile Company’s regular production industrial company went on strike in protest of the delay in paying their wages for 9 months.
Also on November 24, the workers of the Cruise parts manufacturing company in the car industry went on strike again with the demand to increase their wages and to recognize the official holidays and to restore the overtime shifts on Fridays. They gathered in the factory premises and rallied and chanted slogans against the management and for their demands. These workers previously stopped work and gathered at site 3 in the first and second shifts on November 19, and their previous gathering was on November 17. Cruise Group, a car parts manufacturer, has 12,000 workers in Fars province.
On November 24, also, the workers of the motive power machinery that is mainly car gearbox manufacturer went on strike in protest of the low level of salaries. These workers gathered in the company premises and chanted. This factory is one of the three private companies in Haft Sangan neighbourhood of Qazvin province, Alborz city, and it produces gearboxes for Iran Khodro automobiles, specifically Peugeot automobiles, and gearbox parts for other Iran Khodro products. Workers are continuing their strikes.
November 26, 2022-11-26
Appendix: A list of strikes during the mass uprising against the Islamic regime
-Through Octobe till now:
The Strike of 4000 Steel Company -November 26
The strike of Cruise workers – November 24
Strike of workers and engineers of Zarnam Hashtgerd company (November 24
Techers’ strike in Javanrood city –November 25
The strike of the workers of motive power machinery- November 24
The strike of the workers of the Southern Aluminum Industries Complex (SALCO) in the special economic zone of Lamerd, Fars,
The strike of the workers of Bahman Diesel in Qazvin (November 23)
The strike of the fire brigade workers of Mashhad (November 23),
The strike of the workers of the 11th phase of Pars Refinery South, strike of Bahman Motor workers,
The strike of workers and drivers of Akbar Abad cargo terminals,
The Strike of drivers and operators of Nasim Shahr transport terminal,
Strik by the workers of Pars Ampoul Company (November 20)
The strike of Iran Tire workers (November 20),
Teachers strikes (20 and 21 November),
The strike of shift 1 and 2 workers of Cruise Company (producer of Iran Khodro car parts
November 19), Isfahan Iron Smelter workers strike
November 15 and 16 gathering and strike of Sozan Gas Company Isfahan workers
Pakbanan Municipality in Bandar Abbas (15 of November),
The strike of doctors and medical staff and their gathering in Mashhad,
Protests of official oil workers and symbolically not getting company food (7th to 10th of November),
The strike of steel workers in Sarmad Abarkoh –November 8
Two days of strike and Gathering of Haft Tappeh sugar cane workers -18 and 19 October
The strike of Ahvaz municipality workers (October3),
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The strike by workers in the repair department of Pardis Urea Petrochemical Complex in Asalouye (October 3),
The strike by Iran steel workers in Kerman (October 30),
strike and gathering of Tehran oil refinery workers (October 26)
The Protest rally of doctors and medical staff in Tehran, Isfahan. and Shiraz (October 26 and 27)
The strike of the workers of the Tabriz Tractor manufacturing Company (October 24 and 3rd),
the firemen’s strike and rally in Mashhad (October 25),
The nationwide strike and sit-in of teachers (October 23 and 24)
The Aydin chocolate factory workers’ strike (October 22),
The truck drivers strike in Marvdasht (October 22),
The strike and gathering of a group of Ahvaz National Steel Group workers in front of the governorate (October 22),
The refinery drivers’ strike and gathering Abadan Refinery (Quds Station 5) in front of the gate -October 10-18
Abadan fuel supply drivers’ strike (October 18)
Tehran Pars Azadi Line BRT drivers’ strike (October 9)
Kian Tire workers strike (October11-18)
Strike of oil workers in Asalouye and Kangan and phase 2 refinery of Abadan refinery October 10, 11,
Student strike in 110 universities, nationwide
Strikes in the market reached 60 cities on November 15.