Workers’ ‘resignations’ disputed
Workers at shuttered plush-toy company First & Main claimed yesterday their bosses had forced them to thumbprint resignation letters they had not written, a plan they feared could deny them severance pay. Mech Mom, a representative of the 357 workers at the US-owned factory, in the capital’s Sen Sok district, said about 30 had refused the final installment of their outstanding wages because of the demand. … But Brad Holes, owner and chief executive officer of the US-based company that closed its factory on August 26, said managers had not forced anyone to resign and had paid out workers from money raised from auctioning assets. … Holes disputed suggestions the factory had been on the verge of financial collapse in late August; workers, he said, had taken a two-week paid break after defective toys discovered in an order had affected operations. …
