The Union of steelworkers at Arcelor Mittal (La Gota) of Villa Constitution Argentina expanded their international call for support of Ahwaz steel and Haft-tappeh sugar workers.


La Gota contacted various workers' organizations and non-governmental organisation in the south America countries including Chile, Bolivia, and Brazil.


Between December 2018 and January 2019, the following organisations and unions from Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina supported the international call for the release of Ahwaz steelworkers. At the moment two Ahwazi steel workers, “Karim Sayahi”, the spokesperson of workers of Ahwaz Steel and “Tareq Helfi” are still in Prison.

As the international campaign for the support and release of detained workers in Ahwaz grew, various socialist political parties and unions from south America, especially Argentina and Chile took part in this initiation.

Below is the list of the parties and unions

From Argentina:

-Solidarity letter from the Comisión de Trabajadores Condenados ( Commission of detained workers)

For the detained oil workers of Las Heras in Argentina.

Hugo González and José Rosales who are sentenced to life in prison,

Rubén Bach and Omar Mansilla each sentenced to 5 years in prison. In addition, their spouses Raquel Valencia, Claudia Bazán, Claudia Pafundi.


In their letter they jounce their voice to the voice of working class in Iran and ended their letter with the following quotes “To trespass one of us, is to trespass all of us” and “The rebellion of the slaves is not a crime, but justice”


-Mapuche community in Argentina, (Pu lof en Resistencia Cushman, Comunidad del pueblo originario Mapuche del PuelMapu-Tierra del Este)

-Isabel Huala, mother of Facundo Jones Huala, a Mapuche political prisoner who was sentenced to 9 years in prison adds her voice of solidarity with the Iranian political prisoners and their mothers.

-Shipyard workers of Rio Santiago, Avanzada Obrera Lista Negra

Mr.Crespo, Secretary General of  Sindicato Único de Trabajadores

del Neumático Argentino, SUTNA (neumático)

- Francisco Montiel, Secretary General of Federación Portuaria,CTA – Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina

- Mr.Edgardo Reynoso, Unión Ferroviaria (Línea Sarmiento)

-Mr.Alfredo Cáceres, secretary General of  Formación, SUTEBA Tigre (teacher)

-Mrs.Mónica Schlotthauer, National Deputy of (Izquierda Socialista/FIT) 

-Mrs.Laura Marrone, legislator at C.A.B.A. (Izquierda Socialista/FIT) 

-Mr.Pablo Vasco, Centro de Abogados por los DDHH (CADHU)  

-Mr. Héctor Heberling, Nuevo MAS (Nuevo Movimiento al Socialismo)

-Mrs.Vilma Ripoll, MST movimento social trabajadores))

-Mr.Carlos Stasiuk, trabajador despedido de Cresta Roja


From Chile:

-Confederación Democrática Profesionales Universitarios de la Salud 

-Pamela Valenzuela – MSPT (Movimiento Salud Para Todos)

-Maribel Gonzales – Colectivo Solidaridad (collective solidarity)

-Eduardo Muñoz – Sindicato Hospital del Profesor -Constanza Cifuentes (Syndicate of Professor Constanza Cifuentes hospital )

-Coordinadora Feminista 8 de marzo (Feminist Coordination of March 8th)

-Gustavo Gonzalez, leader of MST

- Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores - Chile - UIT-CI

-Orietta Fuenzalida directora Asociación Nacional de Empleados Fiscales (ANEF)

-Bárbara Santa María, presidenta Sindicato de Trabajadoras y TrabajadoresHonorariesUniversidad de Santiago Chile (USACH)

-Elizabeth Galdámez, Sindicato de trabajadortes a honorarios U. de Chile

-Georgina Montes A., secretaria general Unión Nacional de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores a Honorarios del Estado (UNTTHE MCN)



Bolivia

-Mineros  de la empressa minera de Huanuni, Bolivia


Italy

Lavoratoti autorganizzati - S.I. Cobas -Sindacato Imtercategoriale Cobas


From Bolivia:

Mine workers in Huanuni.


We thank all the workers, unions and individuals from Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile for their solidarity and support of the working class in Iran and especially Ahwaz, the beating heart of social right and worker’s movements. 

Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO)

18 Jan 2019