Lesotho - Exploitation in Chinese run textile factories (2012)

The General Secretary of the Lesotho Congress of Democratic Unions (LECODU), Tšeliso Ramochela, has called for better labour regulations in the textile industry. Speaking during a textile workers’ strike in August 2011 he warned that workers were being exploited in an industry dominated by Chinese employers. Levels of union organising have improved across the country’s all-important textile industry in recent years but many employers still ignore labour laws or exploit weaknesses in the law.