Another company flees Batam, abandons 1,025 workers
Ghim Li failed to pay the workers their wages on Aug. 7 before the entire management team abandoned the workers.
A garment factory in Batam, Riau Islands, abruptly closed its doors and abandoned 1,025 workers who had not been paid their wages, according to a recent report. The company, PT Ghim Li, failed to pay its employees on August 7 before the management team left the premises. The workers' suspicions were heightened when they learned that the factory's leadership had vanished without providing any clarity on the facility's operational status.
This abandonment is not an isolated incident, as Suprapto, Chairman of the Federation of Indonesian Metal Workers’ Union (FSPMI) Riau Islands chapter, noted that similar occurrences have been documented at least six times over the past 13 years.
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