(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): Teachers, workers protest in several cities
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran), reported that the teachers from various cities gathered in front of the Majlis in Tehran to reiterate their demands from the government.
Teachers protest
MEK supporters from the city of Tehran reported that on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, the teacher’s “green report card” from various cities gathered in front of the Majlis (parliament) in Tehran to reiterate their demands from the government.
The “Green report card” teachers are people who have taken and passed the employment exam of the education ministry, which is known as the “article 28 exam.” But the government has given no plans to employ these teachers.
These teachers have been gathering regularly in the past weeks, asking the government to fulfill their pledges. According to the protesters, there are 23,000 employment opportunities in the government. The government claims that it is facing budget and resource shortages to hire teachers.
These teachers, having received no definitive answer from the government, the teachers returned for their rally and chanted, “Raise your voices teachers, demand your rights.”
(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): Teachers protest in Tehran, in front of the Majlis (parliament)
Health workers protest
MEK supporters from the city of Tehran also reported that at the same time, participants in the health ministry employment exam rallied in front of the supreme court in Tehran and protested to the “coronavirus bonus” in this exam.
The Covid bonus, which was added as a criterion to the exam per the Coronavirus Task Force, is not clear and is in fact depriving many people of their chance to get employment at a time that the entire country is faced with an economic downturn.
The protesters most of whom were denied employment on ambiguous grounds chanted: “The covid bonus must be canceled,”.
(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): participants in the health ministry employment exam rallied in front of the supreme court in Tehran and protested to the “coronavirus bonus” in this exam.
Miners protest
MEK supporters from Manoojan city reported that on Monday, May 17, 2021, the workers of the Aseminoon Faryab mine in Manoojan city, Kerman province, held a protest rally in front of the governor’s office and went on strike. Manoojan is 400 kilometers southwest of Kerman.
The workers were protesting unpaid wages and lack of insurance that has led to losing their jobs in the current year. More than 1,200 workers of the mine have lost their job and are facing critical problems. The workers are also concerned about the lack of safety in the mines and their workshops.
These workers have been protesting since April. Local authorities have promised to address the worker’s concerns but have yet to deliver on their promises.
(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): the workers of the Aseminoon Faryab mine in Manoojan city, Kerman province, held a protest rally in front of the governor’s office and went on strike.
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