Few Choices for the Workers

January 27, 2004

WHEN the national textile industry was once lauded as one of the country's top exports, it was its workers who were cited by economists and government officials as the force behind the industry's competitiveness. Actually, they were referring to their low wages rather than their expertise. When Vietnam and China started paying even lower wages, Indonesia immediately fell behind. It's not at all surprising therefore that many textile companies i

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