In His Most Exalted Name
The Honorable Minister of Labor:
A letter has recently been received from the noble workers complaining about their condition. Nobody should forget the role of the strikes staged by both big and small factory workers and employees in the attainment of the aim of the Iranian nation, which is to destroy despotism and the ruinous colonialism, and to set up a just Islamic government.
You must look into their living and working conditions as soon as you can. The combatant workers should know that problems would be eliminated through revolutionary forbearance and patience. They should also realize that the investigation of the situation in factories and the status of their owners would take time in the course of which all the workers and employees could be paid their rightful dues. Inform factory owners who do not pay their workers' salaries of their responsibilities in order to make them realize that they are duty bound to look into their workers' affairs, or, they should leave the scene. You should also help the factory owners who have lost their ability to pay salaries due to the strikes. Eventually, all unpaid wages of workers throughout Iran have to be paid. I ask the brave laborers not to listen to malicious propaganda of some elements, because in a just Islamic government, workers' conditions will be taken care of in the best possible way and their rights will be granted.
Wages should be increased after an inspection of the conditions of factory so that workers will find relief from insufficiencies in life and be able to live in a free atmosphere and welfare like other citizens.
I want to ask all the workers to carry on with their work and get involved in gathering documents (evidence) that will facilitate the investigation of their problems, the factories and the factory owners. I shake the hands of all workers.
Mr. Furouhar, you know that Islam accords particular respect to working class. Islam wants to promote the welfare of the oppressed people so that they can take hold of their destinies. I thank you for your efforts in this regard.
Another point is that there are women whose previous bad environmental and social conditions have deprived them of a life in a healthy environment. I hope that with the changes in Iran's social environment, injustices that resulted from the( previous )environment will be obliterated.
Rumors have it that these women have asked for jobs. It is necessary to look into their affairs in the best possible way and secure their welfare by giving them suitable jobs. Peace [be with you].
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini