MAJOR CLOSING OF APPAREL PLANT.Bratex, a lingerie-manufacturing plant located in the Villa Mella free zone park north of Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, pueblo, United States Santo Domingo (sän'tə dəmĭng`gō), pueblo (1990 pop. 2,866), Sandoval co., N central N.Mex., on the Rio Grande; founded c.1700 after earlier pueblos were destroyed by floods. , has fired over 3,000 employees, reports El Caribe (Oct. 30, 2002). Some sources say the company's ownership has changed hands. The Ministry of Labor confirmed that the company would be making severance The act of dividing, or the state of being divided. The term severance has unique meanings in different branches of the law. Courts use the term in both civil and criminal litigation in two ways: first, when dividing a lawsuit into two or more parts, and second, when payments to its former workers. El Caribe reported that of 11 manufacturing plants located in the park, only two were still in operation. Mayra Jimenez, of the Futrazona labor union labor union: see union, labor. , said that Bratex is just another of several collective firings that have taken place since late last year. Other companies that have dismissed thousands include Leibrant Investment, Melany Business, Makress, SDM SDM - Schematic Data Model , Dutjim and BR Ltd. Copyright 2002 |
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