The grand celebration honoring Workers’ Week and International Workers’ Day on the 11th of Ordibehesht (April 30th) was held in the presence of Dr. Sahraei the governor of Kermanshah, Engineer Shokri, the head of the Industry and Mining House of the province, and the head of the Employers’ Association of the province, along with the Director General of Labor and Social Welfare of the province, various government officials, private sector representatives, and labor groups from the factories in Kermanshah province. The event took place at the Business Innovation Center in
Bistoon Industrial City.
According to the public relations office of Shokri Group, Engineer Shokri head of the Industry, Mining, and Trade House of Kermanshah province, congratulated the workers on Workers’ Week and noted the transformation from International Workers’ Day to Workers’ Week after the revolution. He emphasized the need to address the existing challenges in the province to ensure sustainable
employment.
During the ceremony marking Workers’ Week, Jahanbakhsh shokri highlighted the major issue facing the industry in Kermanshah province as the intermittent electricity supply. He stated that the province generates approximately 2,000 megawatts of electricity, out of which 160 megawatts are allocated to industrial consumption. However, due to agricultural and household needs, this amount reduces to 900 megawatts, and the remaining 1,100 megawatts are supplied to other provinces.
.He requested the governor to minimize industrial electricity cuts in Kermanshah to the lowest possible level, noting that Kermanshah is not a developed city and is not considered an industrial province.This is to enable Kermanshah’s industries to operate, produce, and provide employment.
Shokri stated, “If we gather statistics on the province’s workforce, we’ll find that workers are willing to have their household electricity cut off, but industrial electricity must remain uninterrupted forthem to work.” He also highlighted the upcoming winter gas cuts, which could lead to the closure of units and create problems for the working community, affecting economic conditions and livelihoods of workers.
Shokri, referring to the directive pricing of unit productions, stated, “Since we know that workers’ wages are very low and this imposes pressure on the working community, the government can allocate subsidies to producers to enable them to increase workers’ wages.”
He pointed out another issue facing industrial units, which is the reduction in circulating capital due to inflation, saying, “Last year, a production unit could continue its operations with 10 billion Tomans of capital per month. This year, this amount has increased by 40 to 50 percent. Moreover, the provincial banks’ limit is not more than 15 billion Tomans. If a producer needs more, they must go through challenging stages to obtain approval and access circulating capital.
“He expressed hope that this issue would be followed up, aiming for the minimum bank limits in our province to be raised to the level of branches in Isfahan, Yazd, or a branch in Tehran.
Shakari referred to employers and workers as frontline soldiers in the economic front and stated, “I always say that employers are also workers with greater responsibilities. Today, we stand hand in hand with all workers, hoping to achieve quality production and to free our country fro dependencies.”
In this ceremony, attended by the governor and other officials, exemplary workers from Sima Foulad Jahan were honored.
