Nearly 900 workers from Shilla Bags Vietnam Co. Ltd on March 12 afternoon stopped working to oppose a company regulation restricting them from going to the bathroom.
Workers from Shilla Bags Vietnam Co., Ltd. stopped working on March 12
The company is located in HCM City’s District 12.
According to the workers, they are only allowed to go to bathroom from 9:30 to 10:30am and from 2:00 to 3:00pm. They are banned from doing so for the rest of time. Even during the allowed time, any worker who wants to use the toilet must be presented with a card with their full names and time for going to toilet written on it. A production line has 100 workers, but only three cards are granted, so workers have to take turns to use them.
“There are only ten rest-rooms for nearly 1,000 workers, and many of them even lack water and are in bad condition. On March 12 noon, many female workers cried to beg to use the restrooms, but security guards did not allow them,” a worker said.
An official from the Trade Union of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 12 said that the regulation is irrational, especially when the card is used against the worker for lack of diligence, which may be used to deduct money and ranking from the workers.
