Seven global clothing brands, including H&M, Gap and Levi Strauss & Co., have condemned the government’s use of security forces on protesting workers in an open letter Tuesday and urged all sides to return to the negotiating table to discuss a minimum wage raise, according to WWD.
The letter, addressed to Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia and six major trade unions, expressed “deep felt concern over the tragic events that took place on 3 January, 2014.”
On Friday, government security forces opened fire on thousands of rioting workers in a Phnom Penh industrial park, where at least four dead and more than 30 people were injured. This follows nationwide demonstrations by workers protesting for a minimum wage increase.
All seven brands urged the government, the manufacturers and the trade unions to “immediately join negotiations, in good faith, to swiftly and peacefully resolve this dispute” and to endorse a mechanism that would lead to regular wage discussions in the future.
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