Vietnam to Propose Pension Changes to Quell Spreading Strike
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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s government will propose amendments to a pension law that has prompted thousands of workers to strike at two factories.
Workers returned to work today at a Ho Chi Minh City factory that employs 80,000 and owned by Taiwanese footwear manufacturer Pou Chen Corp. after the company called on the Vietnamese government to “proactively” deal with workers who called a work stoppage last week. Striking workers have halted production at another facility in southern Tien Giang province that employs 10,000 and which remains shuttered today, according to the company.