Labour Behind The Label

Ongoing talks between Viva Global management and the GAWU union have broken down after five union members employed at the factory were dismissed and then beaten by a security guard employed by the company.

Below is the statement given by Anwar Ansari to police following is release by kidnappers. He describes how he was taken and claims that he was taken by PND labour contracts and that phonecalls between PND and Viva Global staff took place during his detention.This is a signed, legal affidavit given to police and translated by the union.

In the evening of August 25th, over 12 hours since he was snatched from outside the Viva Global factory in India, Anwar Ansari was dropped by his kidnappers on a street near his home. Badly beaten and warned to immediatly leave the state, Anwar has now returned to join his fellow workers at an ongoing demonstration outside the Viva Global factory.