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Top Iranian union leader jailed by regime

Last winter the Iranian capital city of Tehran was practically shut down by striking bus drivers. The reaction of the regime was swift and brutal.

Mansour Osanloo (centre rear, with his family after his release from prison earlier this year) is an Iranian trade unionist and transport worker 'arrested' on 19 November. He is one of several Iranian trade unionists regularly imprisoned for their union work (Photo: Anon.)

Hundreds of workers were arrested in an attempt to break their union. The union leader, Mansour Osanloo was jailed for 8 months and finally released on bail; but was arrested again in early November when he was on his way to the Labour Ministry. Osanloo was verbally and physically assaulted, threatened with a gun, and driven away by plain clothes police.

Unions around the world are reacting, demanding that the Iranian government release Onsaloo immediately

To add your voice to this mounting wave of international protest, please visit this site

All TWU bus members can be involved in the campaign to support Onsaloo and to send a message loud and clear to Tehran that workers rights are human rights and must be respected everywhere.

Please send letters of support for the Tehran bus drivers to the TWU at 31 Cowper St Parramatta 2150 and we can forward them to the authorities in Tehran.

Your support will make a difference.