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Tuesday, February 20, 2001
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Police storm Daewoo car plant to end layoff protest
Inchon, S Korea, Feb 19: Thousands of riot police stormed the Daewoo Motor Co's (DMC) main plant here on Monday in a bid to end a protest by redundant workers who had become a symbol of labour resistance to government restructuring. Some of the 400 dismissed workers inside the plant in Inchon threw fire bombs at police and fire engines were rushed into the factory after one assembly line was reported to be ablaze.The protesters had been inside the Pupyong plant since Saturday after the bankrupt carmaker sent out 1,750 dismissal notices. Police used a mechanical digger to break down a brickwall before an they poured into the plant to search for 32 wanted union leaders, according to an account released by unions. (PTI) Copyright © 2001 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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