On Thursday March 6th hundreds of thousands of trade unionists and human rights activists worldwide will unite in a global day of action in solidarity with Iranian workers and to demand the release of Iranian labor leaders Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, who are currently languishing behind bars.
In the face of escalating repression against Iranian workers, please join the Chicago Committee in Solidarity with the People of Iran and the Chicago Labor Education Program for a gathering to learn more about Osanloo, Salehi, and the struggle for worker justice in Iran today:
WHEN
Thursday March 6th at 6:00 PMWHERE
Chicago Labor Education Program Classroom - Rice Building, 815 W. Van Buren (corner of Van Buren & Halsted), Room 110WHO
Speaking will be James Thindwa, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs With Justice (a native of Zimbabwe), & Peter Hudis, National Co-Organizer of the News & Letters CommitteesFor background and news on labor struggles in Iran:
Worker Protest in the Age of Ahmadinejad
Widespread Crackdown on Iranian Civil Society
Iran: Release jailed workers, respect rights
Freedom Will Come - The Story of Mansour Osanloo
The Chicago Committee in Solidarity with the People of Iran stands with myriad organizations and individuals around the world in condemning the Islamic Republic's imprisonment of Iranian student activists in recent weeks. In suppressing the rights of these students to freedom of expression and association, these measures stand in direct violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We join organizations such as Amnesty International and International PEN in calling on the government of Iran to release the jailed students and to respect the rights of free expression and association of all Iranians, not only those whose views are officially sanctioned.
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