From outside the factory, I observed that several managers exited and entered the compound at various times during that day, and were inconsistently told that they could leave or that no-one could enter or exit (it depended on who was guarding the door). Workers inside the main shop who attempted to join the stoppage reported that the doors were locked by the guards, because they claimed the outsiders were armed. I never observed any evidence of outsiders armed with rocks or sticks. They were definitely not guarding the doors to the shop (inside of which workers were locked), but the main gates to the compound.

 

The workers on the inside finally began leaving at 9 pm. As far as I could observe from atop a wall, the workers outside were acting threatening to those inside, shouting at them, but they did allow them to enter the buses and the buses to leave the grounds. I did not observe any physical aggression, but I could not observe everything at all times. One worker reports that she was hit on the head with a piece of garbage as she exited the factory. I have not heard of any other incidents of physical assault.