No representatives from Kentex Manufacturing showed up at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Manila to where they were summoned on Monday for a meeting in connection with a fire that gutted Kentex’s   Valenzuela City (Metro Manila) footwear factory last week, killing 72 workers.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the meeting was meant to determine if proper benefits, including salaries, were given by Kentex and CJC Manpower to the employees who died in the fire.

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