{"id":213943,"date":"2020-10-14T15:30:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=213943"},"modified":"2021-02-04T17:57:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T12:27:34","slug":"situation-of-garment-factory-workers-in-katunayake-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/situation-of-garment-factory-workers-in-katunayake-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Situation Of Garment Factory Workers In Katunayake \u2013 Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>By <a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Marisa+de+Silva\">Marisa de Silva<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cThe biggest mistake done by this Government and the Health Ministry was to claim that we had \u201cconquered\u201d Corona. Then everyone became complaisant. Most people stopped wearing masks also. There\u2019s no point trying to make world records (coming 2<\/b><b><sup>nd<\/sup><\/b><b> in the world) for having managed Corona, we should have focused on creating a Sri Lankan record by, making sure we properly managed things here. Then automatically we would have got international recognition,\u201d<\/b> said a worker now in quarantine in Kalutara.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Garment-Factory-Workers-In-Katunayake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-213948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Garment-Factory-Workers-In-Katunayake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Garment-Factory-Workers-In-Katunayake.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Garment-Factory-Workers-In-Katunayake-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the 5<sup>th<\/sup> of October, 2020, a total of 1,394 Brandix employees of the Minuwangoda facility were tested for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=COVID-19\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">COVID-19<\/span><\/a>, of which a cluster of 567 employees were confirmed positive as at 6<sup>th<\/sup> October. However, to date, that cluster has grown to 1500+ (including family members, relations and close associates of this cluster.) This cluster is said to have originated from one or many of the 48 workers flown in from India on a special chartered flight, by Brandix. However, Brandix in an official statement outright denied that this was what caused the cluster, as they claimed to have followed all mandatory Government regulations related to COVID-19. It was subsequently revealed that PHIs had not supervised the quarantine process of these 48 workers, as per their mandate. <b>This shows clear complicity by the Government in relaxing\/overlooking regulations with regard to Brandix.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Garment+industry\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Garment industry<\/span><\/a> workers and Manpower workers are particularly vulnerable to the rapid spread of the virus, due to the sheer numbers working side by side in one enclosure, and their shared accommodation in close proximity to one another. Manpower workers are further vulnerable due to their lack of union representation, and no employer being willing to take responsibility for them. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This recent outbreak is being widely being considered as the second wave of the Corona virus in Sri Lanka. Whilst it is still unclear how extensive the spread of the virus is currently, Positive cases have been reported from most parts of the country, and therefore containing it will be a significant challenge.<b> The Government continues to maintain that the outbreak has not yet progressed to a \u2018community transmission\u2019 level, but, without conducting widespread random testing, this news cannot be viewed as assuring or accurate. It now seems to have become the sole responsibility of the public to protect themselves and take necessary precautions, as it\u2019s very unclear how widespread the virus is in the community.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The manner in which the Government and the military has handled this recent crisis, considering the way they have dealt with women workers in particular, has been very problematic. The lack of clear information\/awareness, unsafe transportation, unsanitary quarantine facilities, and failing to conduct PCR tests prior to loading workers onto buses and upon admission to the centre, is in clear violation of basic COVID-19 regulations said to be adhered to by the Government.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the 11<sup>th<\/sup> of October (Sunday), at approximately 10.30pm, 45 garment factory workers (including 25 women, 1 pregnant woman and 2 children) from Liyanagemulla, Katunayake, were rounded-up by the military, and taken by bus to a makeshift quarantine facility in Kalutara. Workers had been told that there had been some COVID Positive workers residing in the neighbouring hostel, and that therefore, they had to be quarantined too. \u201cWe were given seconds to get our things together and get into the bus. We were barely able to pack one change of clothes. We didn\u2019t even have time to pack a comb! The military told us not to try and run away, that the entire place was surrounded. They (the military) treated us like prisoners. Like we had committed a national atrocity (<i>jathika aparadayak<\/i>),\u201d said workers. They were apparently told that we were being taken to Veyangoda, but, had wound up in an isolated part of Kalutara, where the signals are very low.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At about 12.30am that same night (12<sup>th<\/sup> early morning), 53 workers (including 35 women and 1 child), from Avariwatte were woken up and herded into a bus in a similar manner. \u201cThe military came in the middle of the night and gave us only 10 minutes to pack our essentials and get onto the bus. <b>The military told us not to delay them, because they had been having sleepless nights and were very tired. We have no time to check. We are overworked. I had just received my Negative PCR test 2 days ago. I wasn\u2019t even given the chance to tell them this. <\/b>They didn\u2019t allow anyone to speak! They just herded us into buses and took us away,\u201d said a worker from Kalutara.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They went on to collect more workers from the Katunayake, Seeduwa, Negombo and Amandoluwa areas, and finally left Katunayake at 5.30am on the 12<sup>th <\/sup>of October.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>They had finally reached Kalutara, 12 hours later, at 12.30pm, having not been given any food or even a drop of water until then. Once there, they had been given some food, but, it had been uneatable. The facility itself has not been cleaned, toilets were flooded and unsanitary, and they had yet (as at 13<\/b><b><sup>th<\/sup><\/b><b> Oct.) to be seen by any health professional or PHI.<\/b> Only the military was there at the site. <b>No PCR tests had been conducted on any of the workers upon admission to the centre. \u201cWe have heard rumours (<i>kata katha<\/i>) that a doctor is supposed to visit us, but, nothing has been communicated to us officially as yet,\u201d they said. <\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today the workers had been given basic essentials such as slippers, soap, washing powder etc., <b>Workers claim that there were about 400-500 workers currently at the facility. Some rooms have upto 6-7 workers per room, some have 3-5. About 30 workers are made to share 2 bathing areas, 2 toilets and 2 sinks. (There are 4 sinks but only 2 have water.) <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The military had told them that they had not been able to clean up the facility as yet, but, that they would do so soon. They have also promised to provide them with better food but, so far the food had been insipid. They have been told that nobody can leave the facility. Workers fear that if one\/some workers are infected, that it will spread fast to all of them, as there are no proper safety protocols in place at the makeshift facility. <b>\u201cThe room floors are dusty and the toilets are filthy. We are not used to living like this, so we cleaned up our rooms and toilets ourselves. If we continue to live like this, even if we don\u2019t get Corona, we\u2019ll get other diseases because of these unsanitary conditions here. If they don\u2019t manage this situation better, we will be forced to change the Government we voted in,\u201d<\/b> they said.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cI have had a heart attack, have two blocks, and am taking many medicines. If I get Corona now that I\u2019m here, I might not even survive. This place is not even fit for dogs! We now want to beat ourselves for voting for them,\u201d <\/b>a worker said angrily.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were all prepared to self-quarantine. We had purchased goods for upto Rs. 20,000 and were prepared to stay home, as two sisters had been tested positive at a nearby annexe. We are all very vigilant. Even the two sisters, went privately to get tested to the Negombo hospital, because they were feeling unwell. After they tested positive, they quarantined themselves. <b>We were all prepared to self-quarantine as a precaution, even though we hadn\u2019t tested positive. What the Government should have done, is test everyone and isolate those who tested positive and allow the rest of us to self-quarantine<\/b>, because we have our own annexes and toilets etc., <b>They (the Government and military) think they\u2019re managing everything properly and preach to us about safety precautions and lock us down, but, when herding us into buses together and putting us away in unsanitary\/unsafe places to quarantine, none of these safety protocols seem to apply,\u201d<\/b> workers complained angrily.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We are not opposed to following Government regulations and quarantine, we just ask that proper procedures be followed and that those that are sent to handle us (i.e. the military), are trained to treat us humanely and with dignity. You can\u2019t just come in the middle of the night and give us 10 minutes to load buses, not knowing where we are being taken and why? Even when arresting a murderer, you are supposed to tell him\/her why they\u2019re being arrested. Why aren\u2019t we given at least this basic respect,\u201d they questioned.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cNot only did they herd us women in the middle of night, without even telling us where they were taking us or why. Don\u2019t we have the right to know where we are being taken? Don\u2019t we have a right to know what\u2019s going to happen to us? We are hard-working people of this country. We are not beggars! We don\u2019t do anything illegal. We are not a burden on the Government. It is them if at all, who live off us! Let them come next time and ask for our votes! They only need us during election time. We are speaking like this, because of the despicable way (balu wedey) in which they\u2019re treating us,\u201d<\/b> they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the first lockdown happened earlier this year, and the military was standing in bunkers in the hot sun, we bought water for them with our own personal money and gave them. Now only we have realized what the military is. Now, we are the ones suffering. Just because we are garment factory workers doesn\u2019t mean we are not stupid. We have rights too. <b>It\u2019s because of us that they (the Government and military) are all alive. They\u2019re treating us as though it is us who are leaching off them! It is they who have become a burden to us. We are being treated like this because we are not considered \u2018important\/affluent people\u2019. It is not due to any fault of ours that workers have got Corona, so they must not treat us like they\u2019re taking revenge from us. Is this what we should expect from our government?<\/b>\u201d they ask angrily.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not scolding the Government. If not for our President we might all have been dead by now. <b>But, because we brought this Government into power, we have a responsibility to hold them accountable to us. <\/b>They need to rectify what they\u2019re doing wrong, and proceed. <b>There needs to be a comprehensive awareness building of all workers, Grama Sevakas, hostel owners etc., as to how to stay safe and manage this crisis.<\/b> There is no proper system in place right now, and everything\u2019s taking place in an ad hoc manner,\u201d they said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1350,"featured_media":213948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,46,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-constitutional-reforms","category-editorial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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