INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT WORKERS’ FEDERATION, 41ST CONGRESS Durban, 2-9 August 2006 SECOND REPORT OF THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE The 41st ITF Congress, meeting in Durban from 2 to 9 August 2006: EMERGENCY MOTION 3, Bus Workers in Iran 1. WELCOMES the affiliation of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (“Sherkat-e Vahed”), the first independent transport union in Iran to the ITF in April 2006; 2. EXPRESSES its appreciations once again to all unions and fraternal organisations who have been campaigning in support of the Tehran bus workers and in particular to those who took part in the Global Day of Protest on 15 February 2006 which led to the release of the workers who were arrested for organising a one-day strike; 3. AWARE that the leadership of the union, although invited to attend this Congress, have decided that participation in it might result in further repressive action by the Iranian government. 4. NOTES that the union’s President, Mansour Osanloo is still detained at the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran and that 180 workers who took part in the strike have still not been reinstated in their jobs. 5. SUPPORTS the submission of a formal complaint by the ITF and the ICFTU to the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association against the government of Iran. 6. DEMANDS the immediate and unconditional release of Mansour Osanloo, the reinstatement of the 180 bus workers and full recognition of the union’s freedom of association and collective bargaining rights by the government and Tehran Bus Company; 7. CALLS on the ITF Executive Board and ITF affiliates to contribute towards to the Solidarity Fund to relieve hardship amongst the dismissed bus workers which has been established by the ICFTU on behalf of Global Unions; 8. CALLS on the ITF, together with the ICFTU, to seek dialogue with the Iranian government to eliminate the obstacles to the establishment of genuine representatives trade unions in Iran. Submitted by the Executive Board