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Thousands on strike at Taiwanese shoe factory in Vietnam
Posted: 03 April 2010 1426 hrs
HANOI: Thousands of workers went on strike at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in southern Vietnam demanding better pay and bonuses, it was reported Saturday.
The workers from Pou Chen Vietnam company in Dong Nai province refused to work on Friday, the Nguoi Lao Dong or Labourers newspaper said.
Up to 10,000 workers had gone on strike, reported the Tuoi Tre or Youth newspaper. The workers, paid an average of US$70 a month in Vietnamese cities, are demanding more monthly pay and bonuses on national holidays.
They were over 200 strikes in Vietnam last year, earlier media reports said, as workers - many of them in textile and footwear plants - struggled with fast-rising living costs.
In principle, workers need to seek for permission to go on strike at least 20 days in advance in the communist nation, where all labour confederations are state-controlled.
Posted: 03 April 2010 1426 hrs
HANOI: Thousands of workers went on strike at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in southern Vietnam demanding better pay and bonuses, it was reported Saturday.
The workers from Pou Chen Vietnam company in Dong Nai province refused to work on Friday, the Nguoi Lao Dong or Labourers newspaper said.
Up to 10,000 workers had gone on strike, reported the Tuoi Tre or Youth newspaper. The workers, paid an average of US$70 a month in Vietnamese cities, are demanding more monthly pay and bonuses on national holidays.
They were over 200 strikes in Vietnam last year, earlier media reports said, as workers - many of them in textile and footwear plants - struggled with fast-rising living costs.
In principle, workers need to seek for permission to go on strike at least 20 days in advance in the communist nation, where all labour confederations are state-controlled.
