{"id":11257,"date":"2018-07-29T19:05:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T23:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=11257"},"modified":"2018-07-30T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:59:11","slug":"disastrous-workers-situation-in-irans-free-fall-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/11257\/","title":{"rendered":"Disastrous Situation of Workers In Iran’s Free Fall Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ongoing turbulence in Iran’s economy followed by the currency value nosediving<\/a> has placed the lives of many workers at their lowest points, with serious struggles to meet every day needs.<\/p>\n

Maziyar Gilaninajd, an activist from the Metal Workers Union expresses his frustration in this regard: \u201cIn recent months, the growth in currency value has led to a lowered purchase power in many hard-working employees. In 2017, when 1 dollar was worth 3800 Toman (Iran\u2019s official currency => 1 Toman=10 Rials), workers were earning 930 thousand Toman which was equivalent to 245 dollars; today, that 1 dollar is 8000 Toman, workers are earning 1.130 million Toman, which shows that in comparison with last year, their income has gone down to just 140 dollars. This significant cutback has now worried many workers who are understandably complainant about earning in Toman but spending in Dollars,\u201d the state-run ILNA news agency reported on 26 June 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prices of goods mainly depend on their transport; in other words, when prices go up, so do the costs of tires, oil, repair, and so forth. As for products that need importing from overseas, prices are calculated and determined according to the currency rate of the time,\u201d Gilaninejad said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s more to the issue than it seems; products like edible oil, dairy, and bread, seemingly have a stable price, but their quality and serving portions are actually decreasing over time. For instance, 950 cc oil is being distributed in 860 packages. Bread loafs on the other hand, have also reduced in size and quality. Such hidden differences add up to notable price increases in time. Watermelon is now 2500 Toman a kilo, Sugar is 3500 Toman a kilo, a single egg is 600 Toman, red meat is 65 thousand Toman a kilo and chicken 12000 Toman a kilo. Given these expensive rates, how can our low-income earners possibly afford anything?\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cEven if a worker is lucky enough to receive his income on time and have his rights protected by a fair employer, he would still be unable to afford such high costs which have clearly doubled since last year. How can a worker take care of a 4-member family like this? The important question to ask is why the authorities, who would be unable to live on such low incomes themselves, would suffocate our workers with such difficult legislation?\u201d<\/p>\n

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