Cash with police during a strike (Photo: Cambodge Soir Hebdo archive)23 Jan 2009
By Nhim Sophal
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
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The workers asked for the payment of their $50 (13th month salary) bonus. The factory management refused because of the current economic crisis.
4,000 workers from the Yung Wah 1 and 2 textile factories located in Takhmao believe that they were cheated. This year, the workers will not receive a $50 bonus to compensate for a 13th month-salary.
According the factory management, because of the current economic crisis, the 7-year-long bonus practice came to an end.
At the announcement of this decision on Thursday 22 Jan, the workers expressed their anger by reacting violently inside the factory. Three workers were injured following police intervention.
Ath Thon, President of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), gave out details on the negotiation held with the Chinese boss: “At first, the management accepted to pay a $20 bonus in two payments. But, this is not satisfactory. Finally, the management accepted to increase the bonus to $30. The strikers believe that this is not enough still,” Ath Thon indicated. The workers are holding on to their demand for a $50 bonus, because after a 7-year-long practice, they believe that this bonus is part of their normal salary.
At the end of the day, the Yung Wah management did not ask that the workers not be paid for this day of strike, nor does it ask for compensation for damages caused inside the building from rock throwing.
4,000 workers from the Yung Wah 1 and 2 textile factories located in Takhmao believe that they were cheated. This year, the workers will not receive a $50 bonus to compensate for a 13th month-salary.
According the factory management, because of the current economic crisis, the 7-year-long bonus practice came to an end.
At the announcement of this decision on Thursday 22 Jan, the workers expressed their anger by reacting violently inside the factory. Three workers were injured following police intervention.
Ath Thon, President of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), gave out details on the negotiation held with the Chinese boss: “At first, the management accepted to pay a $20 bonus in two payments. But, this is not satisfactory. Finally, the management accepted to increase the bonus to $30. The strikers believe that this is not enough still,” Ath Thon indicated. The workers are holding on to their demand for a $50 bonus, because after a 7-year-long practice, they believe that this bonus is part of their normal salary.
At the end of the day, the Yung Wah management did not ask that the workers not be paid for this day of strike, nor does it ask for compensation for damages caused inside the building from rock throwing.
3 comments:
Some of employees have oppostion party made trouble like that.The oppostion party never made peace or freedom for khmer people.After they did who lost the job and who die? Just khmer people die and all those guys just kept watching from outside.So all khmer people don't listen to those guys.The acting of those guys the same Lon Nol regime just made khmer and khmer fighting for each other. So all khmer people have to think about khmer rouge killed our khmer people,because those guys like that.They never let our khmer people live for freedom.
What the fuck 9"13pM! Who ah Hun Xen should be sided with Lon Nol or ah Pol Pot?
Agreed with 9:13 100%.
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