VIETNAM: Garment company workers resume work
BharatTextile.com (subscription), India
HO CHI MINH: The workers of Top Royal Flash Ltd. struck work demanding lower workload and social welfare coverage.
Over 800 workers participated in the strike.
The Taiwanese owned garment company “Top Royal Flash Ltd.” is located in Ho Chi Minh City.
The workers said they are forced to work overtime four or five days a week for the past four months. The company has deducted part of their salaries to pay social insurance for half a year, but it has not sent the amount to the authorities, according to the workers.
The company also extended probation period for the new workers. The city’s labour department, acting as an intermediate at a meeting between the two sides, asked the company to pay VND1.2 billion (£38,000) in social insurance it still owed. The company was also asked to negotiate with workers in case of overtime shifts and make its salary regime public.
The workers agreed to return to work after the company director, Hsu Chi Cheng, promised to fulfil the demands.
Vietnam garment sector has seen a wave of strikes demanding higher pay and less workload in the past few months.
