Central Council of Trade Unions
| Founded | 1921 |
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| Dissolved | 1928 |
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Members | 8,000 (1924) |
| Affiliations | Profintern |
Central Council of Workers Unions (
textile mill workers (at the sole modern textile mill in Tehran), tailors, municipal employees, construction workers, bakery assistants, bath attendants, shoemakers, pharmacists and printers.[1] In the year of its foundation the Central Council began publishing a workers newspaper, Haqiqat ('Truth'), as its main organ.[2][3] The Central Council was affiliated to the Red International of Labour Unions ('Profintern').[2][4]
Significantly, a major share of the workers and employees organized by the Central Council were Azeris or Armenians.[1]
The teachers union and the union of post and telecommunications employees later affiliated themselves to the organization.Enzeli (dockers).[1]
In 1928 the government banned all trade unions.[5]
References
- ^ Abrahamian, Ervand. Iran between Two Revolutions. [S.l.]: Princeton Univ Press, 1982. pp. 129-130
- ^ a b Chaqueri, Cosroe. Sultanzade: The Forgotten Revolutionary Theoretician of Iran: A Biographical Sketch, in Iranian Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2/3 (Spring - Summer, 1984), pp. 215-235
- ^ a b Shomali, Navid. Communists and the Trade Union Movement[permanent dead link]
- Lenin, V. I. Terms of Admission into Communist International
- Halliday, Fred. Trade Unions and the Working Class Opposition, in MERIP Reports, No. 71 (Oct., 1978), pp. 7-13
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