Former Texmoque workers blockade plant and threaten protests in Nampula

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Former Texmoque workers blockade plant and threaten protests in Nampula

9:07 CAT | 16 Feb 2016

VOA Portugues

On Monday, more than a hundred former Texmoque fabric workers who were retrenched 10 years ago blocked access to their old workplace in Nampula, demanding what they claim are unpaid wages, bonuses and holiday pay from the government.

The Texmoque factory was sold to the Metil group, which has been manufacturing cotton fabric in the same location for three years.

A group of 130 workers who say they received no compensation have accused IGEPE, the Management Institute of State Affiliated Companies, of ignoring a January 5 letter expressing their concerns, and have decided to barricade the new Texmoque plant and stay there until there is a solution.

In the long-running saga, the government has compensated many of the more than a thousand retrenched workers, but a number of payments are still disputed. The situation of former Texmoque employees was debated in Parliament, but problems remain.

The IGEPE disputes the workers’ claims and says that it included vacation pay in the compensation, while Astam Ossufo, Provincial Labour Inspector in Nampula, says the dispute is the responsibility of IGEPE and the local government is waiting on a Maputo team to find a solution.

Source: VOA Portugues