EDM 224 Deaths in the Tabas mine in Iran
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)
That this House notes on the evening of 21 September, 52 workers died in the Tabas coal mine and 22 were injured; further notes the high number of killings of workers in mining accidents, construction works, chemical and petrochemical industries, and workers in metal smelting furnaces showing the scale of deaths in this industry; believes that in 2022 more than 1,900 workers lost their lives due to work accidents; is dismayed that 2 days before the disaster, the workers who reported methane gas leakage to the contractors were threatened with dismissal; congratulates the thousands of people including nurses and pensioners, who showed their solidarity with the workers’ families, demanding justice for workers; expresses solidarity with the Iranian workers movement; sends condolences to the families of the workers; calls on the Government to condemn this negligence towards the lives of workers and the lack of safety measures in the work place; and further calls on the Iranian government and the Iranian judicial system to compensate the families of all the workers and on the Ministry of Labour in Iran to implement sufficient safety measurement in all work places.
