hashem
23rd January 2014, 19:39
To the Iranian trade unions,
To trade union activists, friends and supporters of trade unions,
With regards to deterioration of Reza Shahabi’s health which was pointed out in the latest statement of Tehran Bus Transit Workers Union (Syndica Vahed), in the most recent visit of Reza Shahabi with his family, the impact and signs of pain and suffering were sadly apparent on his face. The aforesaid statement reads: “Drawing the attention of reputable labour and human rights organizations to continue the campaign for release of this labour rights activists [i.e. Reza Shahabi], the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company once again demands his immediate release from prison and his urgent and effective medical treatment. We request from the authorities to arrange for immediate payment of his deferred unpaid wages so that the family- wife and two student children- of this imprisoned and tormented worker at least could manage the economic hardship and backbreaking high expenses of daily life and their rent.”
Unionised workers, Raza Shahabi and his family demand “Reza Shahabi to be hospitalized in the next few days and undergo further surgery. After surgery, he has to stay in an unstressed environment with necessary means and services to his avail.
Why Reza Shahabi- bus driver and a member of Syndica Vahed- and Mohammad Jarrahi- painter/ decorator and cancer patient and member of Tehran Painting and Decorating Workers Union- who are both suffering from various illnesses, should be kept in prison? Why these two workers cannot be released from prison and have to live in pain and suffering? Whose interests outside the prison do they threaten?
We demand from the authorities to release these captive workers so that they can receive medical treatment. We appeal to our sister and brother workers and trade unions and World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and human rights organizations to mobilize their efforts by all possible means for the freedom of these unionized workers.
The Union of Metalworker and Mechanic Workers of Iran
The Board of Re-Opening of Syndicate of Painting and Decorating Workers of Iran
1 January 2014
To trade union activists, friends and supporters of trade unions,
With regards to deterioration of Reza Shahabi’s health which was pointed out in the latest statement of Tehran Bus Transit Workers Union (Syndica Vahed), in the most recent visit of Reza Shahabi with his family, the impact and signs of pain and suffering were sadly apparent on his face. The aforesaid statement reads: “Drawing the attention of reputable labour and human rights organizations to continue the campaign for release of this labour rights activists [i.e. Reza Shahabi], the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company once again demands his immediate release from prison and his urgent and effective medical treatment. We request from the authorities to arrange for immediate payment of his deferred unpaid wages so that the family- wife and two student children- of this imprisoned and tormented worker at least could manage the economic hardship and backbreaking high expenses of daily life and their rent.”
Unionised workers, Raza Shahabi and his family demand “Reza Shahabi to be hospitalized in the next few days and undergo further surgery. After surgery, he has to stay in an unstressed environment with necessary means and services to his avail.
Why Reza Shahabi- bus driver and a member of Syndica Vahed- and Mohammad Jarrahi- painter/ decorator and cancer patient and member of Tehran Painting and Decorating Workers Union- who are both suffering from various illnesses, should be kept in prison? Why these two workers cannot be released from prison and have to live in pain and suffering? Whose interests outside the prison do they threaten?
We demand from the authorities to release these captive workers so that they can receive medical treatment. We appeal to our sister and brother workers and trade unions and World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and human rights organizations to mobilize their efforts by all possible means for the freedom of these unionized workers.
The Union of Metalworker and Mechanic Workers of Iran
The Board of Re-Opening of Syndicate of Painting and Decorating Workers of Iran
1 January 2014