Garment workers will strike as planned

Ath Thun, head of the Cambodian Labour Confederation (Photo: Khmer Machas Srok Daily)

Friday 10 September 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Soch

A communiqué sent to factory workers, asking them to join a strike to demand for decent salaries, was distributed to a large number of garment factory workers in various municipalities and provinces prior to the one-week strike that will take place on 13 September 2010. Ath Thun, head of the Cambodian Labour Confederation, said that he did not send a request to the ministry of Interior to ask for an authorization to hold the strike because the workers will hold their strike at their factories and there will be no procession along the city. He told The Phnom Penh Post that “Garment factory workers will not go to work and if they show up to their work place, they will not work as long as the ministry of Labor and Professional training and the Garment Manufacturer Association of Cambodia (GMAC) do not accept their demands to increase the workers’ salary by $9 per month.” He indicated that he discussed and explained to the workers about this strike since last week already, and that he is now starting to distribute the communiqué to the workers to inform them about the schedule of the strike.