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  Swaziland's Worst Labor Strife in a Decade       Textile workers in Mbabane, Swaziland started going on strike March 3rd, 2008. The workers began protesting because the wage they recieved each month was only $77, that's not even enough money to buy bread. Most of the textile factories are owned by Asians that moved into the country, in fact many of the factory owners don't even have to rent the factory space because the government will let them use it for free, and somtimes the owners use the factory space as living quarters. The textile workers also complained about how the Asian factory owners only let their own family members work as managers and treated the other workers like children. Mbabane Police started attacking peaceful marchers at random. A few fights broke out, started by the police, but they denied it and innocent workers were arrested and put in jail.



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