Labour Rights

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December 22, 2025

Labour Rights

Labor organizations in laws/statutes of Yaghiniya.

From the point that humans need financial security to have a life with human dignity, the issue of work and labor rights is of great importance. Labor unions can play a significant role in advocating for the rights of workers. On the other hand, paying attention to international laws, international labor rights, and comparing them […]...

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Created By: Banan Yahyania
September 26, 2014

Labor unions, a global experience / Farid Rahnama

Labor unions and the gathering of workers for their trade interests have a long historical background. From the time of the Spartacus uprising (109-71 BC) to the beginning of industrialization and the emergence of new concepts of labor, labor unions and workers’ rights and humanity have come a long way. The characteristic of striving to […]...

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Created By: Fereydoun Rahnama
September 26, 2014

Book Introduction: Labor Unions and Self-Reliance in Iran

Habib Lajvardi (born in 1314 in Tehran) was the project manager of the Oral History of Iran project at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He successfully completed his Master’s degree at Harvard University and his PhD in Economics at the University of Oxford. After finishing his studies, Lajvardi returned to Iran […]...

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Created By: Admin
September 26, 2014

“Mazd ninety-three; Iron Fist Economy”

President Hassan Rouhani’s government approved the first program related to the working and living conditions of Iranian workers while including a series of economic and livelihood slogans in its advertising campaigns to attract public attention. These programs, which initially seemed to present a brighter future for wage earners and were based on their real demands, […]...

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Created By: Admin
May 25, 2014

Mohammad Yunus is the enemy of poverty.

Mohammad Yunus was born in 1940 in a middle-class family in the commercial center of Chittagong, Bangladesh. From a young age, he was always encouraged by his father to continue his education, but it was his mother, Sofia Khatoon, who had the greatest influence on him. Until recently, he lived in a two-bedroom apartment in […]...

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Created By: Admin
October 10, 2013

History of Labor Union Activity in Iran – Part Four

In the early 30s, two urban transportation companies. همه Together in competition, we are all Autotokols. Haj Agha Tavakol and Auto Unit belonging to Hajraja Auction. One. During the time of Dr. Mosaddegh, a plan was supposed to be implemented. حال ارائه است The government-managed urban transportation service is currently being provided. Tehran was established […]...

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Created By: Admin
October 9, 2013

History of Labor Union Activities in Iran

The peace line publishes a section of the history of labor syndicate activities in Iran, written by Mansour Asanloo. So far, two sections of this text have been published in previous issues.   In 1959, we are faced with the first widespread student protests after December 7th and the commemoration of the glorious December 3rd […]...

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Created By: Mansour Osanloo
October 3, 2013

History of Labor Union Activities in Iran / Part 1

The labor movement and unions in Iran during the Constitutional Revolution were established by workers who had worked in Baku and Ashgabat and had returned to their homeland. These workers, who were mostly familiar with socialist democratic ideas, also had a profound influence on other Iranian workers. The revolutionary movements of 1905 and 1907 also […]...

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Created By: Admin
September 28, 2013

Child labor, damages and challenges

Child labor is very common and can include working in factories, mines, construction, agriculture, helping in parents’ businesses, having a personal business (such as selling food), or engaging in unconventional work. Unacceptable forms of child labor include the use of children in military activities and child trafficking. Less controversial and usually legal (with some restrictions) […]...

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Created By: Admin
September 24, 2013

The workers are busy working.

The targeted subsidy plan, which was implemented in Iran based on the recommendation of the International Monetary Fund, aims to liberalize the prices of goods and services and make them competitive according to market-based economic policies. As a result, the economy of Iran is becoming increasingly dependent on capitalist societies. Now, after two years of […]...

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Created By: Admin
September 11, 2013