Faremo International was a garment factory in the Philippines Cavite Export Processing Zone near Manila. It announced that it was closing and relocating to lower wage countries though orders were still coming in. The decision by the company was part of an ongoing offensive against its nearly 1,000 strong workforce as they had just managed to form a new union. Wages and conditions in the Cavite Export Processing Zone are notoriously low, with many workers needing to have second jobs. The dismissed Faremo workers are continuing to get support from other Filipino workers.
Faremo International was a garment factory in the Philippines Cavite Export Processing Zone near Manila. It announced that it was closing and relocating to lower wage countries though orders were still coming in. The decision by the company was part of an ongoing offensive against its nearly 1,000 strong workforce as they had just managed to form a new union. Wages and conditions in the Cavite Export Processing Zone are notoriously low, with many workers needing to have second jobs. The dismissed Faremo workers are continuing to get support from other Filipino workers.
