The global solidarity action will demand that jailed Iranian union leaders be released and that workers’ rights to form unions and bargain collectively in Iran be recognized.

Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa has already expressed his support for trade unionist rights in Iran. President Hoffa recently wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging her attention to the troubling matter of labor rights repression in the country.

One notable example of this repression is that of Mansour Osanloo, the President of the Tehran Bus Workers’ Union. Mr. Osanloo has spent more time in prison than he has in freedom since the union was formed in 1995. He is just one of a number of union leaders in Iran who have been jailed for standing up for worker rights.

For more information on how to participate in the global day of solidarity with Iranian workers, go to: www.justiceforiranianworkers.org

Click here to read the letter from President Hoffa to Secretary of State Clinton