PERSIAN PRINTERS

Evening Star, Issue 14512, 2 November 1910, Page 2

PERSIAN PRINTERS

The printers in Teheran recently went on strike and made the following demands on their employers : The working day is to be nine hours.

The minimum wage is to bo three tomans (about 12s) a month. Wages to be increased on a scale varying between 5 and 12 per cent., according to the amount. For instance, the highest wages mentioned, 20 to 25 tomans (£4-£5) a month, to be increased by 5 per cent. Above all, the wages must be paid regularly. If a workman is dismissed from no fault of his own after six months’ service, he must receive fifteen days’ extra wage. If after one year, a month extra. He has also a right to fifteen days’ notice, and should the establishment change hands, lie can demand wages for that period from the original owners. The editors and managers must treat their employees with politeness. In the case of continuous night work, a night staff must be employed at times the day wage. In tho event of tho day staff being employed on special occasions at night, they must receive a similar increase. In addition to the usual feast days, one day a week must be free. In the case of illness a workman must receive his full wage, but on recovery he must return to his work. Every printing office must have its own doctor in attendance. In the case of temporary disablement, the workman is entitled to a full wage for as long as three months. In the case of complete disablement, the amount of compensation to be fixed by the employer and the representatives of ’ the workmen. In the case of death, the compeneation to the family of the deceased to be settled as in in tho preceding instance. Every printing office must have a manager. Regulations must be drawn up for all printing offices by the owners and the represeaitatives of the committee of workmen.