[Individual-members-EL] Fwd: Countdown to change in Iran

[Dr. Peter Troxler]

apologies for x-posting

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Begin forwarded message:

> In another three weeks, on 6 March, trade unions around the world  
> are holding an international day of action in solidarity with the  
> workers of Iran.
>
> As you probably know, the Iranian government has been arresting  
> workers who have stood up and tried to organize unions -- including  
> Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, who both languish in jails  
> despite continuing health problems.
>
> This repression is in violation of International Labour  
> Organization core conventions and the Universal Declaration of  
> Human Rights -- the 60th anniversary of which we observe this  
> year.  That Declaration states that "everyone has the right to form  
> and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests."
>
> It is our job to turn that promise into reality for workers  
> everywhere -- including inside the Islamic Republic of Iran.
>
> We have been asked by the International Transport Workers  
> Federation (ITF), which together with the International Trade Union  
> Confederation (ITUC) has called for the day of action, to mobilize  
> thousands of trade unionists online.
>
> Please take a moment and send off a message to the Iranian leaders  
> demanding respect for workers' rights and freedom for jailed trade  
> unionists:
>
> Click here to send your message
>
> When you have done so, please forward this message to fellow trade  
> unionists and help us organize the biggest campaign we have ever  
> done online.
>
> Let us send a loud and clear signal to Tehran that, as promised by  
> the United Nations sixty years ago "everyone has the right to form  
> and join trade unions" -- even in Iran.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Eric Lee
>