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Ghazl el-Mahalla workers protest privatisation
Workers from the Ghazl El-Mahalla spinning factory held a demonstration Thursday against alleged plans to sell off the Ghazl El-Mahalla company to private investors.
At 3pm some 40 women workers had congregated outside the gate of the factory, located in the Delta town of Mahalla El-Kobra. At 2:45 pm hundreds of workers were filing out of the factory, ahead of the scheduled time for the end of the morning shift at 3 pm.
Unpaid textile workers clash with riot police in Athens
Textile workers from 4 factories of the Lanaras Industry marched in Athens to demand 4 months unpaid wages, delivery of funding promises by the state and recall of 1,200 layoffs. Efforts to enter the Ministry of Economics were met with police repression.
On the 24th of October 2008, textile workers from 4 factories of the Lanaras Industry which are facing immediate close-down in northern Greece marched against the Ministry of Economics in Athens, demanding a recall of 1,200 planned layoffs, immediate payment of 4 months unpaid wages and delivery of the 35m euros to help the factories function again.
Vietnamese garment workers strike
More than 200 workers of Korean-owned Takyung Vina Company, a garment processor in Ho Chi Minh City’s Hoc Mon District, went on strike Tuesday seeking payment of unpaid salaries.
According to workers, they have not been paid their August salary despite continuing to bear heavy workloads.
The company owes VND500 million (US$30,000) in August salaries but blames late payments from customers for the delay in payment, local authorities said.
Bangladesh; in the militarized factory - visions of the devouring demons of capital
Notes from the recent wave of struggles in the Bangladesh garment industry - there are ghosts in the machine...
In the wake of widespread strikes, riots and property destruction by garment workers the employers' federation BGMEA has repeatedly been demanding the government bring in harsher security measures. As their losses run into millions of dollars, the BGMEA has threatened an employers strike if security is not tightened.
