Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Workers at a Vietnam clothing manufacturer fighting for a higher monthly salary.

Recently there was a strike of workers in a South Korean-owned clothing manufacturer in Hanoi over low wages. Employees of  the Vietnam garment manufacturer named Ivory Garment Company exposed the reason for the strike is that they could not manage to survive with their current salary that the Vietnam clothes factory Ivory is paying.

Workers in this clothing factory in Viet nam are trying to claim for a rise in bonuses and job perks including overtime working extra payment from 10 dollars to 20 dollars per month and bonusses for senior staff from 1 dollar to 2.5 dollars per month.

At present, the minimum wage for a new worker at that clothes factory in Vietnam is 1.5 million dong (75 dollars) per month. This salary will be increased to 2 million dong (100 dollars) after 5 years of working.

As at the time of high inflation in Vietnam, this wage is not sufficient enough for workers in this Vietnam garment manufacturer to cover their living expenses.

1 comment:

  1. I read and like this article, Really Its a nice blog post & more informative to us. And would like to recommend clothinglabels4u.com for Clothing Labels.

    Thanks,
    Clothing Labels
    Leather Labels

    ReplyDelete