The Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Agro-industrial Complex Labor Syndicate (سندیکای کارگران نیشکر هفت تپه) is an Iranian trade union. It was established in 1974 to represent the workers of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Agro-industrial Complex.

History

Haft Tahpeh was founded in the 1960s in the city of Shush, in

Khuzestan Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...

Province. It is the oldest sugar factory in Iran. Since a questionable 2015 privatization deal, working conditions have worsened. Since the transfer to the present owners, the company’s debts have increased.

Protest and strike

Haft Tappeh workers have used strikes to enhance their wages, pensions and rights. In 2017 and 2018, they went on strike periodically, protesting unfulfilled promises made by officials. On 29 November 2018 Iran’s bus drivers’ union announced in a statement that

Esmail Bakhshi Esmail Bakhshi (Persian: اسماعیل بخشی; born 18 June 1983) is an Iranian activist, political prisoner, trade unionist, and a founding member and the independent Workers Union of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Agro Industrial Company (Persian: ...

and Mohsen Armand, activists at Haft Tapeh Sugar Factory had been hospitalized. Bakhshi and other workers were arrested during a protest on November 18.. On 29 November 2018 government forces arrested its senior member Ali Nejati in his house. On December 13, Nejati was transferred to hospital, after a lengthy interrogation. On 29 December 2018, Nejati's family visited him in jail. They said Nejati, who suffers from a heart problem, is in poor health. December 2019 - Moghiseh, a notorious clergy judge, sentenced Ali Nejati to five years imprisonment. Mr. Nejati , is a member of workers union at Haft-Tapeh Sugar Mill Company . He was arrested during 2018 protests, held by company’s workers, demanding their unpaid salaries. The government has accused Mr. Nejati as “Assembly and Collusion against national security”. Two Iran Activists Convicted To Five-Year Prison Terms Each

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History

Protest and strike

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