Vietnam workers, Taiwanese clash in factory brawl
HANOI - Hundreds of Vietnamese workers clashed with Taiwanese bosses at a
furniture factory in the southern province of Binh Duong, officials said
yesterday.
Police were mobilized to break up the violence, which flared when 30
bosses attacked workers who tried to join striking colleagues outside the
Taiwan-owned factory, union official Nguyen Van Khuong told AFP.
"A group of nearly 30 Taiwanese experts attacked and beat them with
iron water pipes as the workers of the nightshift were leaving to join their
colleagues in a strike outside the factory" Khuong said.
Several workers were injured in the clashes, Khuong added.
Chen Chung Hoan, General Director of Doanh Duc factory on
Wednesday made an official apology for the behavior of his officials and
pledged to deal firmly with wrongdoers. Chen said the company will
resolve all demands of the workers within 15 days and the factory will
temporarily halt operations.
A strike by hundreds of workers earlier this week in Doanh Duc factory,
which opened in December last year, was launched to protest poor
working conditions and the system of payment.
Agence France Presse - November 29, 2002.
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