Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President
The Presidency
Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran(enter date) May 2008
Dear Mr President
I write to bring to your attention the strike and struggles of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company workers.
Over 3000 workers at the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Development Commercial Company went on strike on 6 May 2008.The workers' demands are as follows:
- Payment of two months' unpaid wages.
- An end to the gathering of legal dossiers and summoning workers to court.
- Sacking the general manager of the company, a mollah named Yaghoob Shafiee, and the whole management committee.
- Sacking the security chief of the company, a person named Zibdari, who has had a direct role in the beating, spying and gathering of dossiers on workers.
I therefore believe that the management of this state-owned company and the Iranian government should accept all the workers' demands and immediately and unconditionally drop all charges and legal proceedings against all Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company workers.
I look forward to hearing about your positive intervention in this regard in the international media.
Yours sincerely
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President
The Presidency
Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran.
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