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| Ashton Apparel (EPZ) Limited workers dance in solidarity during their planned strike inside the company at Changamwe in Mombasa County on Tuesday 6th January 2015. The workers are demanding for better working conditions and equality in the company. (Photo:Kelvin Karani) |
Over 7,000 employees of three Export Processing Zone (EPZ) factories in Mombasa Tuesday downed their tools to protest against poor pay and the sacking of their colleagues.
Police were forced to fire tear gas to disperse a crowd of striking workers in Changamwe, the county's industrial area.
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