Workers in Iran Continue to Hold Protests in Cities Across the Country

At the beginning of the week,employees  of the Rural Telecommunications Company from a number of different sites across the country gathered in front of the parliament building. They expressed their anger at officials for failing to acknowledge and address their numerous issues.

Some of their grievances are related to their salaries and bonuses that have been withheld, and the major discrimination with regards to 

paying.

The protesters have called for talks to be held between officials of the Rural Telecommunication Company and workers, but in the presence of members of parliament. They have also called for an end to the discrimination in wages that is noted between workers in urban and rural areas.

Many workers in the company have also been put on temporary contracts, denying them the job security that permanent employees have. There are calls for this to change, The workers have also called for the payment of all overdue wages and insurance premiums. Some payment issues go back to 2009 and in some cases even before this.