Several hundred trade unionists at Tehran's bus company Sherkate Vahed were arrested and many badly beaten following a strike on January 28. The union's leader, Mansour Osanloo, has been in prison since December 22. On January 24, the union called the strike in protest at Osanloo's detention and demanding a collective bargaining agreement. The following day, the union's executive bureau met with the bus company management to announce the strike and have not been seen since. They are believed to be in detention at Evin prison, where Oslanoo is being held.
From Green Left Weekly, February 8, 2006.
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