trade unions
Anti-labour witchhunt in Iran continues
Harsh sentences have been thrown at labour activists in Iran following recent class struggle and repression.
Several labour and union militants have received punitive sentances following on a wave of repression in Iran through 2007 and 2008. In full:
Seyed Qaleb Hosseini, sentenced to 50 lashes and 6 months in prison
Abdullah Khani, sentenced to 40 lashes and 91 days in prison
Khaled Hosseini, sentenced to 30 lashes and a suspended prison sentence
Good old-fashioned trade unionism - Wildcat
Wildcat argue that unions have sabotaged working class struggle since their inception.
The year 1842 was a very significant one for the proletariat of the British Isles. On the positive side it was the occasion of a great struggle against wage cutting and on the negative side it marked the formation of the first modern national trade union.
