Unemployment of More Than 1,000 Miners in a Mine in Iran

http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/society/22891-unemployment-of-more-than-1-000-miners-in-a-mine-in-iran

NCRI - Closure and transfer of mines in Savadkooh, Mazandaran province (northern Iran) forced about a thousand miners in that city to stay at home or into unemployment. Mehr News Agency reported on Wednesday, May 24.

It caused workers to stage a protest gathering in the central square of Savadkooh, since miners’ salaries have not been paid for last 4 months. According to that News Agency.

"We have not been paid for four months and now we are told that the mine is closed, therefore, we are gathered in the town square to protest”. One of the miners specified.

In a letter to Saman Corporation, miners stated that they do not want to work under existing contract and have consequently shut down the mine work.

“Our lives, spin around this mine and there are no other work for us to do in Savadkooh”.Another mineworker stressed and added: that miners do not want to work for the contractor and reiterated that: "The mines owner is Saman corporation and that company should be held accountable because the contractors are not thinking about the miners welfare”.