Unknown Incident
Tehran bus drivers strike and mass arrests, December 2005
View on map Part of: Tehran bus workers union recognition and pay dispute 2005-2006
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Several thousand drivers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company went on strike in Tehran to demand higher pay, housing and education benefits, better working conditions and recognition of their independent syndicate. Iranian authorities arrested 14 syndicate members including leader Mansour Osanloo on 22 December 2005, and later rounded up the board and several hundred workers; the municipality took control of the company and dismissed drivers who refused to return to work.
- Workers involved
- 3,000 (estimated)
- Outcome
- Lost – No source states a settlement. AEI and VOA report the demands were never conceded, the union was not recognised, and drivers who refused to return were dismissed; VOA reports new work stoppages were threatened for 25 December 2005. Worker count is reported only as several thousand, so 3000 is an estimate.
- Issues
- Living Wage, Union Recognition, Wage Arrears
Sources
- Tehran Arrests 14 Pro-Union Bus DriversRFE/RL (Radio Farda)
- Dissident Watch: Mansour Osanlou (Middle East Quarterly)American Enterprise Institute
- Plight Of Mansour OsanlooVOA Editorials (U.S. Agency for Global Media)