Worker House
The Workers' House (Persian: خانه کارگر xâne-ye kârgar) is the Iranian de facto[4] national trade union center affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and a registered reformist worker's political organization/labour union.[5] It oversees and coordinates activities of Islamic Labour Councils.[4]
Workers' House خانه کارگر | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary | Alireza Mahjoub |
| Spokesperson | Hassan Sadeghi |
Central councilors | |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Legalised | January 4, 1992[1] as political organization |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Newspaper | Work and Worker (unofficial) |
| Political branch | Islamic Labour Party[2] |
| Former political affiliation |
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| Political position | Left-wing[2] |
| Religion | Islam (Since 1981)[3] |
| National affiliation | Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front |
| International affiliation | World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) |
| Other affiliations |
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| Slogan | Arabic: لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَى “Human is entitled to nothing but his own efforts”. [Quran 53:39] |
| Media organ | Iranian Labour News Agency |
| Parliament | 3 / 290 |
| Tehran City Council | 1 / 21 |
| Isfahan City Council | 1 / 13 |
| Tabriz City Council | 1 / 13 |
| Website | |
| workerhouse | |
Formed in 1958 by union of some workers' guilds, the union has been historically a worker wing affiliated with various parties.[5] In 1981, it was dominated by Islamist workers.[3]
In 1998, Worker’s House stated that ⅓ of Iranian workers were its members, however there is no independent verification for this claim.[3]
International Labour Organization (ILO) recognizes the dependence of the union on the government.[4] After confrontation with the Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the union has been losing its state-supported status.[3]
The union also operates the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) since 2002 with an aim to 'inform dissemination for the toiling stratum of labourers, and with justice-centered discourse as its motto'. Work and Worker daily is also published by Ali Rabiei, a key member.[6]
References edit
- ^ "List of Legally Registerred Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b Khani, Mohamamd Hassan (17 July 2012). "Political Parties in the Islamic Republic of Iran". Iran Review. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d Nomani, Farhad; Behdad, Sohrab (2012), Labor Rights and the Democracy Movement in Iran: Building a Social Democracy, vol. 10, Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights, pp. 212–230, ISSN 1549-828X
- ^ a b c Jahanbegloo, Ramin (2011), Civil Society and Democracy in Iran, Lexington Books, p. 249, ISBN 978-0739172230
- ^ a b Seraji, Mostafa; Hassan, K. H. (2013), Status and Roles of Iranian Workers' Associations (PDF), vol. 7, International Business Management Journal, pp. 172–181, ISSN 1993-5250
- ^ Shahidi, Hossein (2007), Journalism in Iran: From Mission to Profession, Routledge, pp. 64, 104, ISBN 978-1134093915