Iran Labour Confederation
Abroad
Support for the labour movement and other protest and social movements in Iran requires strong solidarity from the grassroots level and from communities in different countries. This support can be provided by labor organizations and freedom movements worldwide. To this end, the confederation strives to contribute by closely connecting with labour unions in other countries, linking to the societies of these countries, and amplifying the voice of Iranian workers’ rights and protests globally.
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A Call for Workers’ Solidarity with Mehmet Türkmen
The Iran Labour Confederation – Abroad has issued a letter of solidarity with BİRTEK-SEN and its president, Mehmet Türkmen, who has been detained since 16 March 2026. Türkmen was arrested following a speech he delivered during the Sirma Hali workers’ protests on 13 February, in which he criticised unsafe working conditions, employer impunity, and the…
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ILC’s May Day Letter: Workers’ Lives Threatened by War, Repression, and Poverty
Iran Labour Confederation – Abroad , in a letter addressed to international trade unions and labour organisations on the occasion of May Day 2026, warned of the critical situation facing workers in Iran and called for broader global solidarity with them. The letter stresses that Iran’s working class is simultaneously facing economic exploitation, poverty, political…
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Statement on the Occasion of May Day 2026
This year, May Day arrives at a moment when the Iranian working class is living through one of the darkest and most complex periods in its history; a period in which exploitation, repression, poverty, and war have simultaneously cast their shadow over the lives of millions of workers and wage-earners. Five decades of rule by…
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Statement On the new Minimum Wage and the Deepening Poverty of the Working Class
The ratified minimum wage for the Iranian year 1405 (21 March 2026 to 20 March 2027), set at approximately 14.6 million tomans per month (about US$95), is the official institutionalisation of a wage that stands several times below the poverty line. This measure is a conscious decision to deepen poverty and force the working class…
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Against the death sentence
Freedom of labour activists
labour movement
Support for the labour movement and other protest movements in Iran necessitates robust solidarity from grassroots levels and communities across different countries. This support can be facilitated by labor organizations and freedom-seeking movements globally.
To achieve this, the Confederation is committed to forging close ties with labor unions abroad, engaging with these international communities,
and elevating the voice of Iran’s working class in their global demands for rights and protests.