{"id":8464,"date":"2018-11-08T20:43:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T19:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=8464"},"modified":"2018-11-08T20:43:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T19:43:46","slug":"hepco-workers-iran-human-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/reports\/2018\/11\/hepco-workers-iran-human-right\/8464\/","title":{"rendered":"Hepco Workers were sentenced to lashes & imprisonment instead of receiving their wages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lashes and imprisonment instead of wages for Hepco workers<\/strong><\/p>\n

With over 43 years of history, the Hepco Company, the largest manufacturer of road construction machinery in the Middle East, has been in the midst of being destroyed for years due to the treacherous policies of the regime in the transfer of main industries and factories to the regime\u2019s authorities and confidants, and uncontrolled imports the company, with a production capacity of 3000 units, has dropped its capacity to 100 units, and its employment capacity of 3,000 workers has been reduced to 900, who are in turn in a disastrous situation for non-payment of their salaries and benefits for months.<\/p>\n

In order to intimidate the workers, regime\u2019s judiciary has condemned 15 Hepco workers to 74 lashes and one to two years in prison for their protest rally in June of last year. The charges against the Hepco workers who were protesting non-payment of their salary and benefits, and failure to implement the deceptive promises of the regime, were mentioned as disrupting public order and propaganda against the regime.<\/p>\n

National Council of Resistance of Iran; Statement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Regarding the Hepco workers\u2019 strike, the National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a statement on October 28, 2018, titled: Flogging and prison sentence for 15 Hepco workers. The statement detailed in part:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clerical regime\u2019s judiciary in the city of Arak, in a five-year suspended sentence, in order to intimidate protesting and striking workers, condemned 15 Hepco workers to 74 lashes and one to two years in prison for their protest rally in June of last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the last year, many Iranian factories were shut down and many workers were fired because of the destructive policies of the regime and the collapse of its economy. Many factory workers have not been able to provide their livelihoods because of non-payment of their salary and benefits for months.<\/p>\n

Regarding the destructive acts of the mullahs\u2019 regime, labor protests have increased dramatically over the last year, and workers, including Hepco workers, have used every opportunity to express their legitimate objections and demands.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/05\/04\/maryam-rajavi\/<\/p>\n

What are the Hepco workers\u2019 demands? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The workers\u2019 demands are nothing but the most basic human rights this includes:<\/p>\n