PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) – 100,000 leaflets would be printed and distributed next week to garment workers in the country to urge them to join nationwide strike to put pressure on the government and the Cambodian courts to release 21 workers in jail and to increase the minimum wage of the workers up to USD160 per month.
The leaflets were ready to be printed and be delivered to the workers on March 12 after n
Nine labor unions and associations agreed already on the printing and distribution of the leaflets to invite the workers to join the strike, which is schedule for March 12.
Fa Sali, President of Coalition of National Union , said Saturday that the leaflets would contain eight lists of demands such as the request for the release of imprisoned protesters and the increase of minimum to USD160 per month.
Khen Loo, Secretary General of Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) could not be reached for comments.
Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Khuong Sreng said authority hasn’t yet received the letter from the unions, adding that they have to ask for the permission from the authority if they wish to hold the strike.
He added that any protest which is not given the permission will be considered as unlawful.
“Measures will be taken if they violate the law,” he added.
The Cambodian government imposed a protest ban recently after there were bloody clashes between the anti-riot police and protesters in January, saying that the protests will not be allowed until the situation returns to normalcy. - See more at: http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NWQ1OTJjNzNiMWI#sthash.ky5nIm5A.dpuf
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Vietnam is currently experiencing a big boom for garment orders. Some factories are recruiting unskilled workers for $200 dollars a month, way over the $125 minimum rate. For skilled garment workers, they are getting $350 dollars a month.
Foreign companies prefer Vietnamese workers because these workers are not as violent as the Cambodian ones. Vietnamese workers work harder, smarter and more skilled.
So, Vietnam will continue to rise much faster and completely dominate Cambodia in the next couple decades.
If you want to see the gap between Khmer people against other non-Khmer people, you can do a test against me. My learning rate is at 100 times faster than any Khmer I met.
-Drgunzet-
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