\t\t\t\tHopi activists have heard\u00a0 that a number of oil workers and\u00a0 employees at the Tehran Oil refinery havee been arrested – a clear sign that the regime fears a strike.<\/p>\n
The oil workers’ militancy is in part due to their anger about Ahmadinejad’s\u00a0 silly attempts to artificially create a better price of oil per barrel (looking like double the world market price)\u00a0 by suggesting that 200-litre barrels should be used instead of 100-litre ones.<\/p>\n
In other news, there has been a demonstration by Protest by Parris Rissandighi (textile) workers in Sanadaj in front of the government offices. They are demonstrating about the closures of plants and widespread\u00a0 job losses.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hopi activists have heard\u00a0 that a number of oil workers and\u00a0 employees at the Tehran Oil refinery havee been arrested – a clear sign that the regime fears a strike. The oil workers’ militancy is in part due to their anger about Ahmadinejad’s\u00a0 silly attempts to artificially create a better price of oil per barrel … <\/p>\n