Vietnamese Happy Meal Toy Strike Over
Agreement Reached After Vietnamese Workers Strike at Plant That Makes McDonald's Toys
Nearly 10,000 Vietnamese workers who make toys for McDonald's Happy Meals staged a two-day strike at a Danang factory this week to protest labor practices.
A settlement was reached Thursday and most of the employees at Keyhinge Toys Vietnam Co. Ltd., based in Hong Kong, returned to work Friday morning, officials said.
The strike involved about 9,300 laborers who walked off the job Wednesday and gathered outside the factory's office, said Phan Viet Thong, chairman of the Danang City Federation of Labor.
The workers alleged ill treatment, which included being routinely humiliated and cursed by supervisors. The workers also accused factory bosses of blocking their complaints from company leaders, said a man who gave his name only as Dong from the Danang City Industrial Zone Management Board.
The company has agreed to give the workers a 10 percent raise, limit work hours to 10 hours daily, with overtime, and give them Sunday off, Thong said.
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A settlement was reached Thursday and most of the employees at Keyhinge Toys Vietnam Co. Ltd., based in Hong Kong, returned to work Friday morning, officials said.
The strike involved about 9,300 laborers who walked off the job Wednesday and gathered outside the factory's office, said Phan Viet Thong, chairman of the Danang City Federation of Labor.
The workers alleged ill treatment, which included being routinely humiliated and cursed by supervisors. The workers also accused factory bosses of blocking their complaints from company leaders, said a man who gave his name only as Dong from the Danang City Industrial Zone Management Board.
The company has agreed to give the workers a 10 percent raise, limit work hours to 10 hours daily, with overtime, and give them Sunday off, Thong said.
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Source - AP
