It’s 3pm, the workers received their May salaries, their social bonuses and May Day grants for the year 2006. The workers are refusing to leave the factory however before they receive an official document from the management stating the latter received the factory in a good condition.
“Tomorrow is Friday, the day off. The management can sabotage the machines, and then blame us on Saturday when we show up,” said one of the female garment workers in a telephone interview.
I asked another male worker, also on the phone, what they would do on Saturday, and whether there were any production orders they would work on. “No, we have not received a single production order from the management in a month and half, as the bank was planning to liquidate the firm. We will show up on time on Saturday, and stay in the factory from 7am to 3pm. If the management brings us a production order, we’ll resume work right away. If there is not, then we will stay in the factory.”
Asked about the workers’ response if they showed up on Saturday only to find their company closed down, the male worker said they were planning to protest outside the company and blockade the highway in front of the factory, while the female worker asserted they were planning to storm the factory again and occupy it if the United Bank betrays the agreement.
powerful to say the least
very happy to hear they got their owed wages.
but i think this plan to blockade the highway if the factory doesn’t reopen is very sad. the factory is closed, impounded by the creditors, and the land is due to be sold…
wait, sorry, i hadn’t read the earlier posts indicating that the bank would try to revive the factory.