Employees of local construction firm KC Gecin Enterprises protest in front of the company’s head office in Meanchey district yesterday. (Photo by: Heng Chivoan, The Phnom Penh Post)Dear Comrades and Colleagues,
The Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) and Building and Wood Workers Trade Union of Cambodia (BWTUC) URGENTLY request for your support for the workers of KC Gecin Enterprises in Cambodia:
On August 12, 2010, the workers of KC Gecin Enterprise (Cambodia) notified the management that they had formed a union and requested a meeting to negotiate; however, the next day, the management immediately terminated 29 workers who were officers and key members of the union. This was the second dismissal, as the management had previously fired 25 workers ten days earlier for attending a trade union training. As a response, The members of the union agreed on August 16, 2010 to go on strike to protest the company’s continuous harassment and termination of union leaders and members. In addition, the company has used its influence with the local authority, police, and government to further intimidate union members. These actions are clearly violations of international labour standards.
The mediation effort initiated by the officials from The Ministry of Labour yesterday (17/08) failed due to the management’s recalcitrant behaviour. Through security personnel and police, the management is harassing and intimidating workers who are on strike.
For further details, please check the following link:
http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=2880&Language=EN
This will be the initial step of the regional campaign organized to support our comrades in Cambodia, We will update you immediately for further news!
Please feel free to circulate this appeal to your networks.
In Solidarity,
Shelly Woyla
Education Officer
BWI Asia Pacific
On August 12, 2010, the workers of KC Gecin Enterprise (Cambodia) notified the management that they had formed a union and requested a meeting to negotiate; however, the next day, the management immediately terminated 29 workers who were officers and key members of the union. This was the second dismissal, as the management had previously fired 25 workers ten days earlier for attending a trade union training. As a response, The members of the union agreed on August 16, 2010 to go on strike to protest the company’s continuous harassment and termination of union leaders and members. In addition, the company has used its influence with the local authority, police, and government to further intimidate union members. These actions are clearly violations of international labour standards.
The mediation effort initiated by the officials from The Ministry of Labour yesterday (17/08) failed due to the management’s recalcitrant behaviour. Through security personnel and police, the management is harassing and intimidating workers who are on strike.
For further details, please check the following link:
http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=2880&Language=EN
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Please IMMEDIATELY send as many emails as possible to KC Gecin Enterprises Email addresses below:This will be the initial step of the regional campaign organized to support our comrades in Cambodia, We will update you immediately for further news!
Please feel free to circulate this appeal to your networks.
In Solidarity,
Shelly Woyla
Education Officer
BWI Asia Pacific
1 comment:
If the boss agree to increase the salary is good for them. We know they have low salary. Generally, we all have low salary in Cambodia. Engineer graduated from university can get average of salary $150 or $200. Teacher may have same salary as worker. Cambodia can compete with Vietname and other countries because of its cheap labour but if their salary is same as those countries, those company will turn a way from cambodia. What I can say, please do not use workers to gain political benefits. They are poor and risk with loss of jobs. If you are honest with workers, I support you but should do in a clever way. During this recession, it is not wise to ask more salary.
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