Venezuela Forces Employment Even With Shuttered Factories
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Jean Salero gets up at dawn to clock in for his daily shift at a shuttered beer factory in the Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto. After eight hours of checking valves and taking temperatures of idle machinery, he clocks out to earn his 4,700 bolivar ($746) monthly paycheck.
The former supervisor is among 220 workers who continue to draw wages at the plant that produced Brahma beer until Belgian owner Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world’s largest brewer, halted production four months ago.