Solidarity with Iranian trade unionists
International union federations are organising a global action day on 6 March to express our solidarity with Iranian workers. The day of action is demanding that Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi are released immediately and unconditionally from prison. The TUC, RMT, ASLEF, T&G Section of UNITE, UNISON and GMB unions in Britain and hundreds of others internationally are backing action on the day. The campaign is also demanding respect for fundamental workers’ rights in Iran. The imprisonment of Osanloo and Salehi are not isolated cases. Nine education workers were sentenced to 91 days in...