“Some 600 Y&W Garment Workers March To Labor Ministry After Factory Declares Bankruptcy” 11 March 2024

Around 600 workers of Chinese-owned Y&W Garment Co Ltd marched to the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training to submit a petition as part of their protest to demand for their wages and benefits from the owner who suddenly declared bankruptcy. Workers have not been paid their last month’s salary.

On March 9, 2024, the protesters gathered at 7am in front of the factory before proceeding to walk to the ministry around 8.30am... ministry official ensured that the “last salary of employees will not be lost”, and the five benefits will be received by the employees. However, despite the ministry’s promise of a resolution, they have little hope of that happening...

Union representative Phan Borey said just a week before the protest, workers were suddenly informed of the impending shutdown as a result of bankruptcy...They want the factory owner to pay the workers’ one month salary and other benefits before it shuts down...

In the afternoon of March 9, the ministry released a statement urging workers, legal advisers, local unions and other stakeholders to call off their protest immediately, which was blocking the road and causing traffic congestion...

The ministry said the labor dispute at Y&W Garment was a case where the company is closing down because the employer ran away, thus it had to be settled in accordance with the labor law and bankruptcy law...