{"id":3763,"date":"2024-10-20T05:57:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T04:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codir.net\/?p=3763"},"modified":"2024-10-20T05:57:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T04:57:30","slug":"codir-calls-for-urgent-solidarity-with-striking-workers-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codir.net\/?p=3763","title":{"rendered":"CODIR Calls for urgent solidarity with striking workers in Iran:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to a report by ILNA News agency on the morning of 15 October, project workers at South Pars Gas Refineries have stopped work and gathered outside their workplace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This industrial action is part of a broader context of ongoing strikes and protests by oil and gas workers in Iran, particularly in the strategically important South Pars oil and gas fields (where a number of gas refineries located), demanding better working conditions and rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/codir.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/codir.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/codir.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5.png 620w, https:\/\/codir.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The key demands of these workers include the reinstatement of Hodjat Rezaei, a sacked worker&#8217;s representative, the implementation of previous agreements regarding entitlement leave and camp allowances, the fair implementation of job classification schemes for all contract workers, changes to the transport conditions within the sites between the dormitories and operational area and wages of rental drivers, implementation of a job classification scheme for non-owner drivers, and the unbiased implementation of a 14-day work, 14-day rest schedule for administrative and support staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protesting aggrieved workers have been raising these demands for years through various means, but despite numerous promises to resolve their issues, their legitimate demands have yet to be met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>ILNA:<\/strong>\u00a0It refers to the Iranian Labour News Agency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>South Pars Gas Refineries:<\/strong>\u00a0This is a major natural gas field in Iran.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contract workers:<\/strong>\u00a0These are employees hired by a company to work for another company, often under less favourable conditions than direct employees, easy to sack.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Entitlement leave:<\/strong>\u00a0This refers to paid time off that employees are legally or contractually entitled to. Workers on long shifts and usually living in dormitories on-site, need to travel to their towns to visit and spend time with their families\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Camp allowances:<\/strong>\u00a0Additional pay given to workers who live in company-provided accommodations for weeks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Job classification schemes:<\/strong>\u00a0Systems used to determine the value of different jobs based on skills, qualifications and experience and set pay rates accordingly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central Executive Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CODIR<\/p>\n<div class=\"share-this\">\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\"\nclass=\"twitter-share-button\"\ndata-count=\"horizontal\">Tweet<\/a>\n                    <script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n                    <div class=\"facebook-share-button\">\n                        <iframe\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fcodir.net%2F%3Fp%3D3763&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=200&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=21\"\nscrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\noverflow:hidden; width:200px; height:21px;\"\nallowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project workers at South Pars Gas Refineries Strike for the Eleventh Consecutive Week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-codir-says","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3766,"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions\/3766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codir.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}