The history of maquila garment workers in Honduras

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• The working-class history in general of Honduras

• History of the Kimi maquila workers
• History of the Yoo Yang maquila workers
• History of the Yu Hwa maquila workers

Maquila workers win a round in Hondoras. Developments at the Yoo Yang and Kimi factories

Labor Alerts, 10 August 1999. Workers at the Yoo Yang factory formed a union on 31 July. As a result, the leaders fired, but quickly reinstated when the entire workforce engaged in a wildcat strike. Earlier, workers at Kimi won a collective bargaining agreement after a two-year struggle.

Honduran workers tear-gassed and beaten while supporting striking Kimi workers

Grassroots Media Network, 4 September 1999. Workers from neighboring maquila factories who refused to go to work in solidarity with striking workers at the Kimi factory in Continental Park were tear-gassed and beaten August 30 by anti-riot police.