Solidarity Message to the Transportation Workers in France

Dear Fellow Workers and Co- Fighters

We learnt that the government in France has developed a plan as a part of globalization which would violate the rights of the retired workers, and the Syndicates in France have staged and organized the large scale strike to defend workers rights and prevent the invasion of capitalism to pummel workers rights.

The Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran Bus Company, Vahed, fully supports this magnificent movement and announces unequivocally, “You are voicing out the World’s Workers Common Pain.” Attacking the workers achievements are the plans of the majority capitalistic governments under the globalization name which would be led to disaster, poverty, and workers’ unemployment. We stand up with you in this struggle.

As you are aware, the workers of the Syndicate of the Vahed Company have been under the hardest pressures for three years, because of forming their independent union which is their very basic workers rights and has been recognized internationally. At the moment, Mansour Osanloo, the President of the Syndicate, and Ebrahim Madadi, the Vice President of the Syndicate’s Executive Board, are in jail for defending workers’ rights, and the members of the executive boards have been dismissed and have been wandering in the judiciary’s building.

We believe that your victory is the victory of all workers, and the international workers’ unity and solidarity to fight for the better and decent life for the human being by eliminating this injustice is the only way of rescuing ourselves.

Once again, we support your powerful strike and hope success in this united struggle.

With the hope of expansion of Peace, Justice and Freedom across the World

The Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed

November 23, 2007