Feature Stories
Inside Georgia’s textile industry: Part I — Unions
Georgia’s textile industry is plagued by low salaries and rife with labour abuses. In this multi-part series, OC Media went inside the factories for a first-hand account. In part I, we look at how employees are organising and how the unions work (or don’t) at the Kutex and Imeri factories in Kutaisi. ‘Who has been told, “If you don’t like it, go home?” ’ the union organiser asks. All the women raise their hands. Later they add that they have heard harsher things too — ‘Fuck off’ or, ‘
