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The minimum wage for workers is four times lower than the poverty line

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The minimum wage for workers is four times lower than the poverty line 4/5/2018 5:32:16 PM National Council of Resistance of Iran Only the overthrow of the clerical regime and the establishment of the popular sovereignty will end the suffering of the workers and the working people The clerical regime’s Supreme Labor Council, set the minimum wage of workers for 2018 as one million and 114 thousand tomans (about $220 a month). Meanwhile, according to Hadi Aboui, the head of the Supreme Centre of Workers Associations, the basket of workers’ livelihood, based on the data of the market, the evaluation of the prices, the state of the households and the shrinkage of the workers' table, that was presented to the Supreme Labor Council, is three million and 700 thousand tomans, which is more than three times the minimum wage set by the regime (Aftab governance site - April 3, 2018). Meanwhile, this minimum wage applies only to workers who are covered by the reg...