Overview of Iranian history since 1953. Labor Iranian Oil-Workers Arrested From the Committee for the Defence and Support of the Iranian Oil Workers. 16 February, 1997. 17 February, 1997. Oil workers struck on 16 February, and the government has now outlawed all oil-workers organization and refuses to enter into collective bargaining.
Industrial workers protest over wages.
The only legal channels for discussion is through guilds and Islamic work-based councils, which are directly controlled by the government. The Oil worker strikes of last December and these suggest there is movement in Iran toward independent labor organization. Politics Shi'a religious leaders as victims of human rights violations From Amnesty International. 3 JUNE, 1997. 5 August, 1996.