האגודה הישראלית לחקר יחסי עבודה

The workers besieged the company, Taiwanese-owned KaiYang Shoes Co. Ltd., and threw the smelly objects at anyone stepping out of the entrance.

In fact the walkout has been taking place since Thursday to protest the heavy workload required by the shoemaker, according to some employees.

The striking workers added that they resorted to the rotten egg attack after some unidentified people had aggressively assaulted their colleagues.

An employee said she joined the job action because workers were unable to meet the company’s production target even after working for 12 straight hours, from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.

They could not receive the unemployment allowance when the firm temporarily laid them off given a dearth of orders, she added.

KaiYang employees had repeatedly lodged complaints to the company’s trade union, but no improvement was made so they decided to go on strike to “mount pressure on the firm,” the worker said.

With the entrance blocked by the striking workers, many employees were unable to leave the company during the break time at noon.

A manager from KaiYang said the company had invited two people to represent the on-strike employees to work with Hai Phong’s labor federation to resolve the dispute, but no one agreed to be the representative.

Pham Huu Thu, chairman of the city’s labor federation, said he had sent officials to look into the strike and promised to “ensure the rights and interests for workers.”

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