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Transport workers urged to sign petition demanding trade union rights in Iran
15 February 2007
The ITF is calling on transport unions to back a petition supporting trade unionists of a bus company union based in Iran.
 |  |  view larger image | | | Members of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company at their Executive Board Meeting on 26 December 2006 | |
The petition marks the anniversary of the successful worldwide protest in 2006, which called for the release of Mansour Osanloo, President of the ITF-affiliated Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company; he was imprisoned twice over the past year.
The petition calls for some 50 dismissed bus workers who supported union action in January and February 2006 to be reinstated – half of them recently had their dismissal confirmed in a letter from the labour ministry. Latest news reveals that nine of the 50 workers have now been reinstated.
It also demands that the government fully recognise the union and that a collective bargaining agreement between the union and the company be negotiated.
The ITF and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has raised these issues with the International Labour Organization Freedom of Association Committee.
ITF Inland Transport Secretary, Mac Urata, commented: “Although we welcome the reinstatement of nine of the workers, this is not enough. We are renewing our efforts to advance trade union rights issues in Iran by asking you to sign our petition. We have chosen to commence this exercise on the anniversary of protests in more than 20 countries, organised by the ITF and the ITUC against the imprisonment of Osanloo. We thank you in advance for your support for this campaign.”
Links to the petition and to the publication Workers Rights Are Human Rights, available in Farsi, are available in related items below.
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