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Orient Garment workers surround owner’s home

Orient Garment workers surround owner’s home

Employees of the Mattegoda factory of Orient Garments Plc. have staged a major protest in front of the Pitakotte home of majority shareholder Ali Asgar Shabir Gulamhusein over the non-payment of their salaries for the past two months.

The listed company has had its tradings suspended in February, but Gulamhusein said in a notice to the share market denied the company was bankrupt.

He claimed that in March alone, free on board orders worth 2.3 million dollars were received, and a total of 5 million dollars worth of orders received until June 15.

According to the protesters, the delay in the payment of salaries began in January, while there are also issues with the meals and transport provided to them.

A female employee said they received the May salary on June 19, and the factory with 104 workers was closed now.

According to latest reports reaching Sri Lanka Mirror, the factory management has agreed at talks with the workers to go to the Labour Ministry on August 03 and give a written undertaking that it will hand over three months of salaries on August 10.


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Last modified on Friday, 31 July 2015 13:52

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