The minimum wage covers 33% of the costs – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
According to the Mehr news agency, quoting the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, representatives of trade unions in a meeting with the Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare explained the main problems of workers.
Ali Khodaei, Vice President of the Supreme Council of Islamic Labor Councils, in this meeting, as the representative of the workers in the Supreme Labor Council, discussed three main problems of the workers: job security, workers’ livelihood and Organization explained.
Khodaei also said: “Today, the wages received by workers cover a maximum of 36% of the cost of an ordinary worker family.”
According to the workers ‘representative in the Supreme Labor Council, the workers’ request is that a meeting of the Supreme Labor Council be convened as soon as possible to address the living conditions of the workers and to review the solution for restoring the purchasing power of the workers.
He also called for preventing the influence of political currents in the specialized field of trade unions.
Job security is the main demand of workers
Seyed Mohammad Yarahmadi, a representative of the Assembly of Workers’ Representatives, said: “We are happy that Mr. President met with the staff of Behesht Zahra and the workers of the Tabas Coal Mine, and this shows that the government pays special attention to the workers.”
According to him, the workers want job security, and in workshops one to 10 None Workers ‘representatives must be present so that workers’ voices can be heard in the organizations. The institution of labor representation has no restrictions in small and medium-sized workshops, and incidentally, it is more welcomed in large workshops. We have more than 8,000 workshops across the country under the auspices of labor agencies.
According to the workers’ representative in the Supreme Labor Council, economic terms are used every year, but labor contracts have reached three months or less, while rental contracts are for at least one year, with which the worker has no intellectual security.
He called for tripartism in the administration of the Social Security Organization, the provision of livelihood items, the solution of workers’ housing problems and the elimination of contracting companies for workers.
The need to establish justice in the field of employment and women’s rights and to provide housing for workers
Abolfazl Ashraf Mansouri, the representative of the Supreme Council of Trade Unions of the country regarding the demands of workers, said briefly: achieving the goals of decent work and following and implementing the government’s decree on decent work, educational justice in equivalent jobs and implementation of International Labor Convention No. 100, establishment Justice in the field of employment and women’s rights and the implementation of equalization of the livelihoods of workers ‘housing retirees, guaranteeing workers’ rights by acceding to ILO Charters 87 and 98, amending the Supreme Labor Council to strengthen tripartism, creating a comprehensive social insurance system and removing barriers Construction workers ‘insurance, creating insurance services for workers, improving the position of safety officials, amending the regulations related to the presence of safety and health officials, amending the unemployment insurance law, preventing temporary contracts and popularizing the economy through workers’ cooperatives are the most important demands of the working community. Special Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.
Requesting the presence of the retirees’ representative in the Supreme Labor Council and the Board of Trustees of Social Security
Mohammad Asadi, a representative of the Supreme Council of Retired Workers, said: “The demands of trade unions must be met and the equalization of pensioners’ salaries must be implemented.”
He added: “Another issue of the law is the obligation of the Social Security Organization to pay for the treatment of retired workers, but because this law is not observed, retirees are forced to use supplementary insurance.”
According to Asadi, in previous years, 3,000 tomans were paid for supplementary insurance. In the previous period, this figure increased to 21,000 tomans, and we expect Social Security to pay 50% of the supplementary insurance premium.
The representative of the Supreme Council of Pensioners of the country stated: Considering that the minimum salary of social security pensioners is tied to the approvals of the Supreme Labor Council, we request that the representative of our organizations be present in the meetings of the Supreme Labor Council. We also request the presence of a representative of retirees in the Board of Trustees of Social Security.
The need for the presence of the working class and employers in the governance structure شستا
Sattar Hatamnejad, the head of the Islamic Society of Workers, said: “The workers ‘and employers’ society must be in a governing structure.” شستا Be present as property شستا And social security belongs to the labor and employer community, while none of the representatives of labor and employers’ organizations in the social security organization and شستا They do not interfere.
He said: “We have one million workshops in the country, there are 13,000 labor organizations and one of the reasons for the lack of development of labor organizations is their lack of motivation, training courses should be considered for workers.”
The representative of the Islamic Society of Workers continued: Trade unions should not be the private home of parties.
He added: “Some workers’ representatives in the Dispute Resolution Council are present at the head of the organization for 20 years, and this presence causes too much corruption. There should be a dispute, and the term in the Supreme Labor Council should be increased from two to three years. For the quantitative and qualitative development of organizations, it is necessary to take the necessary measures, and training courses are also necessary in this field.
The minimum wage should cover 33% of the normal cost of living
Hassan Sadeghi, Deputy Secretary General of the Workers ‘House, stated: There are 2.3 million non-compulsory members in the Workers’ House.
He continued: “The government’s policy should be to stabilize the exchange rate and control the inflation rate, because the fire of the inflation rate comes from strong money.”
The Deputy Secretary General of the Workers’ House said: “We should focus on restoring the worker’s wages. At present, the minimum wage can cover 33% of the normal cost of living, ie the worker has a 67% budget deficit that has to take another job. Invite people to the productive sector of the economy.
Change the union statutes of the drivers’ association
Hashem Mazaheri, secretary of the Drivers’ Union, said: “Some organizations.” صوری They participated in the elections of the Drivers ‘Association, so we want you to change the union statute of the Drivers’ Association.
He added: with ministries صمت And we have problems with roads and urban planning due to non-implementation of laws, lack of supervision and control over the market of driving accessories.
The secretary of the drivers’ union said: “We call on the officials of occupational health and protection and technical safety to raise the difficult and harmful issue of driving on the roads.”
Mazaheri stated: In the past, in the budget law, a subsidy was provided for drivers ‘insurance premiums, which was canceled in the 1400 budget. Since 1397, the issue of drivers’ insurance has been problematic.
56% of tutors emigrate abroad
Ali قزلسفلو“We have 30,000 professors in the country, 70% of whom do not even get married because we do not have insurance and job security at all, and currently 56% of the teachers emigrate abroad,” said a representative of the University Teachers’ Association. they do.
He said: “We have 313 higher education institutions in the country, 50% of which do not have faculty, and the remaining 50% have hired some retirees to not insure.”
Ghezelosfloo pointed out: the problems of teachers should be solved in the interaction between the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare and the Ministry of Science.
712 trade unions are members of the country’s transportation house
Gholamreza Khademizadeh, a representative of the Workers’ Assembly, said: “There are 15 trade unions and 340 trade unions in the Transportation House, of which 712 are members of the Transportation House, which was established during the time of Mr. Rahmati, the former Minister of Roads and Transportation.”
Khademizadeh stated: What causes corruption are the formal associations that have been formed by formal organizations.
Many women are not insurance workers
Somayeh Golpour, chairwoman of the Women’s Committee of the Supreme Chamber of the Workers’ Union, said: “We do not have many organizations in the field of working women. Many working women are not insured, while they work like men or even more.”
He said: “Some women work with a monthly salary of 500,000 to one million tomans, and there are fundamental problems in the women’s labor contract.” In some labor contracts for women, contracts are signed for less than 30 days or white checks are signed and promissory notes.
Golpour said: although the Islamic Consultative Assembly has approved a mother to go on leave for a period of 9 months, but her job security must be observed.
“We do not yet have a working group to follow up on the problems of working women, while millions of women are working in the country,” she said.
Lack of human resources in the maritime transport sector
Saman Rezaei, secretary of the Iranian Merchant Mariners Association, said: “Seafarers are working to provide basic goods. In 2008, 108 oil tankers were sanctioned.
Rezaei said that regarding the seizure of the British ship and the South Korean ship, the Maritime Association, in cooperation with the International Labor Organization and the ITIF, took action to resolve these issues.
“We have a shortage of human resources in the maritime transport sector,” he said.
Establish specialized committees for workers’ housing and their problems
Ali Babaei, a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, said: “Wage justice should be established among workers and the labor law should be amended. Currently, workers and employers do not interfere in the management of social security, while the issue of tripartism should be considered. Is.
Babaei said that meetings of the Supreme Labor Council should be held at least once every three months or months.
A member of the Cooperative Faction of the Islamic Consultative Assembly addressed the Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare and said: Specialized committees should be formed for workers’ housing and their problems.
The length of the labor complaint process
Another workers’ representative criticized the comprehensive labor relations system, saying: “In the past, workers used to file their complaints to the Dispute Resolution Council. Now they have to register in the comprehensive labor relations system and are suspended for 2-3 days for a labor complaint.”
The labor representative added: “Kitchen workers receive low wages. We have about 30,000 workers who are deprived of the minimum wage of the Supreme Labor Council. Currently, there are 5,000 workers at the Damavand power plant who have not had a labor organization for two years.”
Construction workers’ insurance has been suspended in parliament
Asad Salehi, another workers ‘representative, said: “Construction workers’ insurance is still pending in the parliament and 200,000 construction workers are waiting for the assignment of social security insurance.”
Salehi said: we should amend the Article 5 to release the quota of construction workers.
By solving the problems of the miners, the mining economy will prosper
Shaukat, another representative of the workers’ union, said at the meeting: If construction workers are insured, between 7,000 and 10,000 billion tomans of insurance premiums will be paid to the Social Security Fund per month, while the Social Security Fund currently has a monthly deficit of 4,000 billion tomans. Employers working in construction can easily make up for the Social Security deficit.
He added: “Fortunately, the president took the first step between the workers of Behesht Zahra and the miners and consoled them, which shows that the government wants to solve the problems of the miners.”
“Our country, with one percent of the world’s population, has 7 percent of the world’s mines, and we must solve the problems of the miners so that the mining economy can prosper,” he said.
There are 1,500 pharmacy workers’ associations and 21 national associations
Another labor representative at the meeting said: “Pharmacy workers are as oppressed as miners. There are 1,500 pharmacy workers ‘associations and 21 national associations. Unfortunately, industrial organizations are concerned with political issues instead of resolving workers’ union problems.”
Amendment of the unemployment insurance law should be on the agenda
Abolfazl Anabestani, a member of the Cooperative and Employment Faction of the Majles, pointed to the amendment of the Unemployment Insurance Law and said: “In Corona, workers who were not even registered with the Social Security Organization have lost their jobs and lost their jobs.”
He said that the unemployment insurance reform bill has been suspended in the parliament for 10 years. And social welfare, we want to put the reform of the unemployment insurance law on the agenda.
The representative of Sabzevar in the Islamic Consultative Assembly also said about the insurance plan for construction workers: “We have about 400,000 construction workers in the country who are not insured and the Social Security Organization is not covered by their insurance, so we should have an idea for construction workers.”
A member of the parliamentary cooperative faction said: “The Social Security Fund and the Social Security Board of Trustees should be revived and we should leave its work to the workers and employers themselves.” The workers do not want guardians, and we in the parliament are ready to amend the law, and in the cooperative faction and in the parliament, we are trying to amend the labor law.
Rahmatullah Norouzi, another member of parliament, said at the meeting: “Currently, we have 11,300 legal titles in the country, and many of these laws should be revised, including the issue of workers’ job security, and the organization of temporary employment contracts.”
He stressed the implementation of tripartism in the presence of labor, employer and government representatives on labor and labor laws.
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