Koggala factory garment workers during a work stoppage in November 2021 (CCC)
FTZ & GSEU union meeting with Esquel garment workers at Koggala Bandaranaike in March 2022. (CCC)
Approximately 1,500 workers employed at two factories – Koggala I and II - owned by Esquel Sri Lanka are facing imminent closure of their workplaces with no assurance that they will be reemployed when the factories are sold to another company.