Protests by Official Oil Workers at Operational Facilities
According to reports, on Monday, September 21, official oil-sector operational workers held protests at various locations across Iran in response to the failure to address their longstanding demands, following a previously announced call for action.
The protests took place across a wide range of oil industry facilities, including the Iranian Offshore Oil Company’s Bahregansar platform, the Shazand Oil Transfer Center and Pipeline Department, the National Iranian South Oil Company, the Ahvaz Technical Inspection and Transportation Department, and Pars Oil and Gas Company’s offshore platforms.
The workers’ stated demands include:
- The removal of salary caps across all operational areas of the oil industry;
- Ending the division of jobs into “specialized” and “support” categories;
- Applying the wage-adjustment provision to all components of workers’ compensation and ensuring its full implementation;
- Preventing the merger of the Oil Industry Pension Fund with other financially insolvent pension funds and ending what workers describe as the misappropriation of pension funds;
- Revising the minimum wage level for newly hired workers;
- Full implementation of Article 10 and payment of outstanding arrears owed to workers.
The protests by oil workers across different regions represent a significant development in the ongoing labor movement and reflect the broader climate of worker protests over wages, working conditions, and employment rights.
Nurses Protest Outside Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
On Tuesday, September 22, nurses in Kermanshah gathered outside the city’s University of Medical Sciences to protest their living conditions, working conditions, and what they described as unfulfilled promises.
During the protest, nurses chanted:
“If our problems are not resolved, your work will become more difficult!”
Nurses’ protests have continued in a series of actions across different cities. Their grievances include low wages, unpaid or discriminatory payment of performance-based compensation, heavy workloads, and compulsory overtime.
Campaign in Support of Dismissed Teachers
According to a report published by the Coordination Council of Teachers’ Trade Associations, a group of teachers, civil society activists, students’ parents, and other citizens have expressed solidarity with dismissed teachers Majid Karimi and Ghiath Nemati.
They have protested the disciplinary decisions issued against them and other protesting teachers and have called for the reinstatement of all dismissed teachers.
Bakers Protest in Saveh
Protests over living costs and rising prices are expanding on a daily basis.
On Monday, September 21, a group of bakers in Saveh gathered to protest reductions in their flour allocations and the failure to pay bread subsidies.
According to the bakers, at a time when production costs, workers’ wages, energy expenses, and other operating costs have increased, reductions in flour allocations and delays in subsidy payments have further intensified the financial pressures facing bakery businesses.