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Article

4 Jul 2005

Author:
AFP

Swedish-Saudi companies "violate workers' rights"

Large companies such as truckmaker Volvo, Swiss-Swedish engineering group ABB, and packaging firm Tetra Pak have soaked up the benefits of Saudi Arabia's booming economy, but also sometimes adhere to local rules that violate the rights of their workers, according to SwedWatch...five out of six Swedish-Saudi companies do not employ women at all...[also refers to Saudi Crawford Doors Factory (part of Cardo)]