New claim about workers’s house plan
According to Tejarat News, the Deputy Minister of Labor Relations of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, referring to the plan to build workers’ housing, says: “According to the agreement between this ministry and the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, the construction of 200,000 housing units for workers is targeted.”
According to him, today, the labor and production society of the country, especially the labor society, is concerned about job security, social security and housing, and the employer society is also seeking to provide raw materials and insurance coverage for its workers.
Raitifard expressed hope that the bylaws of workers ‘housing cooperatives would be approved by the government in order to use the housing leap capacity as the government’s main program for the construction of workers’ housing.
Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of workers’ housing
The Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare in December 2009 and in the government of Tadbir and Omid, under the National Housing Action Plan, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development to build 200,000 housing units, according to which in the first phase Build 200,000 housing units for workers, pensions, retirees and retirees of the Social Security Organization within three years.
The Deputy Minister of Culture and Social Affairs of the Ministry of Labor in the 13th government also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development in September this year with the aim of building 400,000 housing units for workers, retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Organization. Eligible housing applicants, including workers, retirees, and others, will be prioritized to apply appropriate support measures to each of the target groups.
Workers’ housing construction plan in industrial towns
In parallel with the signing of the above-mentioned memorandums, the plan to build workers ‘housing in industrial estates was also on the agenda, and recently a memorandum of cooperation between the Small Industries Organization and Iran Industrial Parks and the New Cities Development Company to implement the housing production leap plan to provide workers’ housing It was signed, according to which the issue of providing workers’ housing has been emphasized in support of the labor force in the settlements and industrial areas.
There is now a lot of legal capacity to provide workers with housing, and labor activists believe that Article 149 of the Labor Code provides the employer community with responsibilities to provide housing for workers, which can be relied on to build industrial estates. Used housing and involved employers in providing land and housing for workers.
At the 311th session of the Supreme Labor Council, the by-laws of Note 2 of Article 149 of the Labor Law were reviewed and revised as one of the pillars of the meeting. And review cooperation and social partners.
This by-law was finally sent to the Cabinet with the consent of the members for review and final approval, and now the eyes are on its approval in the Cabinet.
According to Article 149 of the Labor Law, employers are obliged to cooperate directly with housing cooperatives and, in the absence of such cooperatives, directly with homeless workers to provide suitable private housing. There are others and the government is obliged to use the bank facilities and facilities of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, municipalities and other relevant agencies to do the necessary cooperation in this regard.
Note 2 of Article 149 of the Labor Law is dedicated to the issue of workers’ housing, and it is expected that with its approval and notification as soon as possible, the ground for building and providing cheap housing for the country’s workers will be provided and the hope of becoming a housewife will be alive.
Source: ایسنا