23 Oct 2016

Around 1,000 workers, majority of them women, of a South Korean-owned factory in Cavite are hoping that the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) could change the mind of the firm’s management to save the workers from being jobless just as Christmas is fast approaching…

In a statement sent to The Manila Times…the union said Faremo International has decided to close the company immediately…

It supplies garments to global brands such as Gap, JCPenney and Kohl’s.

The union said the owners of Faremo International had chosen to shut the company down rather than grant demands of the workers.

Among the demands are recognition of the union that was formed last year, end of verbal abuse of workers, grant of due benefits and increase in the workers’ monthly salary as prescribed by the Minimum Wage Law…