Defend Freedom of the Imprisoned Syndicate’s Workers to Defend the Syndicate’s Rights and Freedoms

It is nearly three years that the Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus (Vahed) Company has been attacked, assaulted and restricted illegally. The Syndicate’s workers have been intimidated, dismissed, arrested and imprisoned because of being member of the Syndicate and supporting the free and independent trade union activities. At the moment, The President and vice president of the Syndicate are in jail for unapproved charges, and they have been denied to enjoy the right to have attorney for nonsense reason. The families of the dismissed and imprisoned workers are in the worst psychological and hardest financial situation. Whereas, according to the Principle 26 of the Constitution of Law, political parties and trade associations are free, and based on the fundamental principles and rights at work of the conventions which approved by International Labour Organisation including Convention No. 87, the right to Freedom of Association of trade unions have been recognized all around the world, and all the governments are obliged to comply with these rights.

Defending the freedom of imprisoned syndicate’s workers, Mr. Mansour Osanloo, President, and Mr. Ebrahim Madadi, Vice president of the Syndicate of the Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus (Vahed) Company, Mahmoud Salehi, and the arrested workers on May first is defending the syndicate’s rights and freedoms.

We are signing this petition to request the comply with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Conventions of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work including the Convention No. 87 of International Labour Organisation, enforce International Covenants, which are considered as the National Law based on the Article 9 of the Civil Law, put into effect  the principle 26 of the Constitution of Law,  and release the imprisoned syndicalism’s workers including Mr. Ebrahim Madadi,  Mr. Mansour Osanloo, and imprisoned worker, Mahmoud Salihi,  immediately and unconditionally.  

We are following up our urgent demands by sending the copy of this petition to the heads of Judiciary, Parliament and government of Islamic Republic. Also, by sending the copy of this petition to International Labour Organisation and all the trade unions all around the world we ask their immense supports.

Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus (Vahed) Company  

September 8, 2007

International Labour Organisation, ILO

The Trade Unions:

Vincenzo Scudiere, General Secretary of Segretario Generale CGIL Piemonte Confedrazione Generale Italiana de Lavoro (CGIL), General Confederation of Italian Labor

Donata Canta, Secretary General of the Congress of the House of Labor Turin

Claudio Stacchini, Secretary of Confedrazione Generale Italiana de Lavoro (CGIL), General Confederation of Italian Labor

Davide Franceschini, Secretary of Confedrazione Generale Italiana de Lavoro (CGIL), General Confederation of Italian Labor

Pierno Crema, Secretary of Confedrazione Generale Italiana de Lavoro (CGIL), General Confederation of Italian Labor

Giorgio Airaudo, General Secretary of the Turin branch of the Federazione Impiegati Operia Metallurgici (FIOM) Union of CGIL

Pierto Passarin, Secretary of the Turin branch of the Federazione Impiegati Operia Metallurgici (FIOM) Union of CGIL

Massimo Ranghino, FIOM Moncalieri-Pinerolo

Fausto Cristofari, Secretary of Funzione Pubblica, Franca Soffietti Funzione Pubblica, Mara Politi Segr. Civil Service

Mauro Gemma, RSA St. Paul Fisac

Please do email the list of the signatures to the following address:

syndicavahed@gmail.com