Today, Thursday January 3, oil third-pillar contract workers employed at the Lavan Offshore Oil Company went on strike and gathered and protested as part of their ongoing protests. .
Regarding this development, the Organising Council of Informal Oil Workers’ Protests (Third-pillar Contract Workers) wrote:
“Our colleagues in Lavan, in solidarity and unity with our fellow workers at the Fajr Jam Gas Refinery—who in recent days have stopped work, marched, and chanted slogans—have taken action despite the attempts of state-controlled forces and associations to suppress our protests. These associatiosn serve only the interests of those in power and have sought to silence our collective outrage against unbearable faninacial conditions and our inability to afford even the most basic necessities of life. In defiance of this, our colleagues have stopped work and held a gathering to voice their objections to the failure to meet their demands and the current situation.”
The strengthening and expansion of unity among different sectors of oil workers, particularly third-pillar contract workers, is one of the significant outcomes of these protests. In recent times, these workers, relying on their solidarity, have organised numerous protest actions and initiated large gatherings involving thousands of workers. This movement also reflects their awareness and resistance against state-sponsored organisations. For years, these government-controlled organisations, in collaboration with security forces and corporate surveillance, had turned the oil sector into a militarised zone, imposing a highly repressive atmosphere. Now, however, they realise they have lost control, as protests are erupting everywhere.
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