More than 1,000 workers at the Dignity Knitter and Eco Base factories in Takhmao city faced late payments since December last year, and in January said they had witnessed company management taking away equipment. So a group of workers began standing guard outside the factories 24 hours a day, taking turns sleeping in makeshift quarters. The factories were formally closed in April.

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