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 TEHRAN,
Dec 25 (AFP) - Scores of bus drivers in the Iranian capital, Tehran, went
on strike Sunday morning to protest against their wages and conditions of
work, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"The drivers want their conditions to be improved and to have higher
wages," the report said. The streets in downtown Tehran were even more congested than
normal due to the strike.
Governmental institutions have offered to use their buses if need be to
replace the strikers.
A few months ago, public transport workers in Tehran drove with their vehicles lights
on to protest at their low wages.
Their leaders were arrested and later released by the judiciary.
"We simply want a better life but as soon as we say something, we will
be accused of being counter revolutionaries," one of the leaders told
state radio.
Transport workers are employed by the government in Iran and
earn on average 250 dollars a month.
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