World Socialist Web Site
9 October 2010
Garment factory owners in Phnom Penh and Kandal province are maintaining a lockout of over 800 employees implemented immediately after the ending of a national four-day strike on September 16. The Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC), called the strike, which involved over 200,000 garment workers, to demand that the $61 per month minimum wage agreed in July with the government, employers and the Free Trade Union of Workers be renegotiated and lifted to $93.
Factory owners have ignored a government request to allow the suspended workers to return to work. At least 10 factories have filed damages lawsuits against CLC officials and for suspension of workers identified as strike leaders. The government, factory owners and union representatives were due to begin talks on the minimum wage issue on September 27.
Cambodian rubber plantation workers protest
Over 2,000 rubber plantation workers in Mondulkiri province protested outside the Bousraa offices of Socfin KCD, a Franco-Cambodian rubber firm, on September 27 accusing it of failing to pay them agreed day wages.
Workers complained that they were paid 5,000 riels below the agreed daily wage of 20,000 riels ($US4.76) and were forced to begin work at 4 a.m. but were only paid from 7 a.m.
Company representatives refused to speak to the demonstrators.
1 comment:
see after all the worker themself are the one that are suffer from loosing thier job not the union leader .and i don't think it worry them to much cuz they only care more about thier own benifit.
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