Uniting for Freedom, Democracy & Equality​

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
1988 Massacre
Activities
Activities Outside Iran
Annual Grand Gathering
Articles
Coronavirus
Death Commissions
Economic
Free Iran 2020 Global Summit
Free Iran 2021
Free Iran 2022
Free Iran 2023
Free Iran 2024
Free Iran World Summit
Free Iran World Summit 2023
Grand Gathering 2016
Grand Gathering 2017
Grand Gathering 2017- Videos
Grand Gathering 2018
Grand Gathering 2018- Videos
Grand Gathering 2019
Grand Gathering 2020
Human Rights
International Supports
Iran Protests
Iran Revolution
Iranian Assemblies
Iranian Resistance
Maryam Rajavi
Media Gallery
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
News
Opinion
Partial list of speakers & dignitaries at the 2018 Free Iran Gathering
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran(PMOI/MEK)
Quotes
Reports
Resistance Activities Inside Iran
Socio - Economic Crisis
The Free Iran World Summit 2019
The Free Iran World Summit 2021
Videos
Women

Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Stands in Solidarity With Iran’s Teachers

Michel O'Neill, President of the Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU)wrote a letter to the UN Secretary-General, in support of the Iranian teachers protests.
Michel O’Neill, President of the Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU)wrote a letter to the UN Secretary-General, in support of the Iranian teachers protests.

Friday, February 25, 2022: Michel O’Neill, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)- Australia’s largest 46-member trade union representing millions of workers, students, teachers and all walks of life in Australia – wrote a letter to the UN Secretary-General, in support of the Iranian teachers protests.

In this regard, the official website of the union wrote: The ACTU has expressed its solidarity with teachers on strike in Iran, condemned the Government’s repression of the protest actions, and called on the UN Secretary General to take action to address the situation.

The full text of Michelle O’Neill’s letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres in support of Iranian teachers is as follows:

António Guterres
Secretary General
United Nations
405 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
United States of America

[email protected]

25 February 2022
Dear Secretary General
Support teachers’ strikes and protests in Iran

The Australian Union movement is extremely concerned that the Iranian Government has not yet
responded to the demands of a series of nationwide protests and strikes by teachers and retirees over
the past four months in more than two hundred cities. Iranian teachers are calling for higher salaries,
pension reform and the payment of outstanding wages. Instead, the Government continues to arrest,
repress and imprison teachers. We are alarmed at the recent reports of security forces repressing a
protest in the city of Karaj on 19 February and arresting 15 teachers.
We support the teachers’ strikes and protests and support their demands as follows:

  1. Stop the repression, arrests and dismissal of teachers and union activists
  2. Release the teachers who are in prison
  3. Implement the Teacher Ranking and Equalisation Bill to achieve their goals
  4. Permanently hire the contract teachers in educational services
  5. Recognise the teachers’ right to hold protests without repression, arrest or intimidation.
    We call for immediate action by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the High Commissioner for
    Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council and relevant Special Rapporteurs and international human
    rights organisations to address the situation of the teachers in Iran.
    Yours sincerely
    Michele O’Neil
    ACTU President

In the following link, you can see the PDF document of the ACTU support for Iranian teachers:

https://www.actu.org.au/media/1449913/iran-teachers-strike-250222.pdf

Recent Posts