با تلاشهای اسماعیل ویسی در فنلاند از هفته گذشته تاکنون چندین اتحادیه از جمله اتحادیه سراسری کارگران فنلاند به جمهوری اسلامی اعتراض کردند و خواهان لغو فوری محکومیت زندان فعالین کارگری و پایان دادن به نقض حقوق ابتدائی کارگران در ایران مانند حق  آزادی تشکل و تجمع شدند. در پی این تلاشها اتحادیه کارگران مواد غذائی هم به این کمپین پاسخ مثبت داده و نامه اعتراضی به جمهوری اسلامی نوشت و خواهان لغو احکام مربوط به فعالین کارگری در سقز شد.

کمپين عليه دستگيری و محاکمه فعالين کارگری
خالد حاج محمدی

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khaledhaji@yahoo.com
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متن نامه

                    Helsinki 22.11.2005



Dear President,

I am writing to you to express my deep concern about  the situation of  trade
union representatives in Iran. I have recently heard that a court in the city
of Saghez, in the Iranian Kurdistan, has been dealing with the cases of seven
labour activists accused of organising an independent May Day rally in the city.


The Islamic court in Saghez has handed out the sentences of four of the accused
. Mr Mahmood Salehi received 5 years prison term and three years of exile, Mr.
Husseini received 3 years imprisonment, Mr. Hadi Tanoomand and Mr. Ismail
Khodkam were discharged. The sentences of Mr. Borhan Divargar, Mr.Mohsen Hakimi,
and Mohhamad Abdipour have not yet been announced.

The crimes of these labour activists are attempts to celebrate the May Day and
organising trade organisations independent of the government's interference.
Celebrating the May Day is the most basic and recognised right of the workers
in the world.

The Islamic government in Iran tramples on the most basic rights of the workers
and suppresses any attempts by the workers to exercise their basic rights. I'm
afraid of that government in Iran also puts the lives and livelihoods of the
families of these workers at risk of hunger and destitution when it acts that
way.

Behalf of Finnish Food Workers' Union (SEL) I am urging you immediately and
unconditionally  drop the charges against the accused workers.


Yours sincerely,

Ritva Savtschenko
President of Finnish Food Workers' Union

The Finnish Food Workers' Union (SEL) is the general Union of the workers in
the food industry. SEL negotiates collective bargains for the cured meats and
provisions industry, dairies, bakeries, and the staple food industry. Founded
by six bakers' clubs in Tampere in 1905, the Union developed in the course of
decades into a strong organization with more than 100 local unions and a good
43000 individual members.


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