Join London vigil for Iranian trade unionists
Today, August 9, is an international day of action to demand the release of two labour activists in Iran.
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Join demonstrations being held in cities across the world.Osanlou, Salehi and others must be supported and the Islamic regime in Iran must be condemned immediately and unequivocally.
Salehi, a founding member of the Saqez Bakery Workers’ Association and of the Coordinating Committee to Form Workers’ Organisations, is currently imprisoned in Sanandaj in the Kurdistan Province, the ITF reports, and "[t]here is firm evidence that Salehi’s health is deteriorating owing to inadequate medical care in prison."
Salehi, a founding member of the Saqez Bakery Workers’ Association and of the Coordinating Committee to Form Workers’ Organisations, is currently imprisoned in Sanandaj in the Kurdistan Province, the ITF reports, and "[t]here is firm evidence that Salehi’s health is deteriorating owing to inadequate medical care in prison."
The British train drivers' union ASLEF is publicizing the vigil on its website. Another transport union, the RMT, has a link on its home page to news of Osanloo's arrest. However a third transport union, the T&GWU, so far has nothing on its website about the vigil or Osanloo or the Tehran bus workers' struggle. (You can, however, read general secretary Tony Woodley's one-sided condemnation of Israel during last summer's war against Hezbollah, as well as a report of the union's call for a boycott of Israeli goods.) I hope that changes before next Thursday.
ABF, for the promotion of human rights and democracy in Iran
