WELCOME TO THE ARCHIVE (1994-2014) OF THE MAQUILA SOLIDARITY NETWORK. For current information on our ongoing work on the living wage, women's labour rights, freedom of association, corporate accountability and Bangladesh fire and safety, please visit our new website, launched in October, 2015: www.maquilasolidarity.org
This morning a combined force of municipal and free trade zone police and private security guards attacked the Chong Won strikers who were peacefully picketing outside the factory gates as the police escorted scab replacement workers into the factory.