Workers across the world face austerity, poor wages and worse conditions, and workers in Iran have it very hard, BBC News has more:
“Iran’s labour union has been pressing for several years for the country’s labour law to be re-written.
In its current form, employers can fire workers on the spot so long as they provide them with a written notice.
Some 40% of the country’s manual workers are hired without contracts and are paid by the day.”
Labourstart has good coverage of events in Iran.