Protesting workers blocked the Rasht-Bandar’eh Anzali main road

Iran Press News: Translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi

On Tuesday morning, Nov. 29th, workers from Sanaayeh Poosheh (Apparel Industries) Factory of the city of Rasht (Gilan Province) protested the 5-month-long non-receipt of their wages by setting fire to tires and blocking the main road between Rasht and Bandar’eh Anzali.

The factory was damaged in 2004, due to a heavy snow storm and more than 500 workers lost their jobs; so far no attempts have been made to reopen the factory and no new jobs have been created for the workers either.