First & Main gear goes cheap
Workers from bankrupt plush-toy factory First & Main are still owed money after the Ministry of Social Affairs auctioned $200,000 worth of factory equipment for just $21,000, a labor rights advocate said Sunday. More than 350 workers were left stranded when the US-owned teddy bear factory closed in August and government officials took control of its assets in a bid to pay employees wages and severance benefits. … Ministry of Social Affairs official Ke Sok Sidney said the $21,000 had paid workers’ wages for August, but he admitted it had covered only 5 per cent of the severance benefits they were owed. …
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