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| Garment workers from the Hai Yon factory strike in Phnom Penh yesterday. Workers from four factories protested to demand better working conditions and the reinstatement of sacked union officials. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post |
Friday, 20 July 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Little more than a week after garment workers were granted a US$10 monthly increase in allowances and bonuses, thousands of workers at a number of factories joined strikes with a clear message yesterday: they need more.
Workers rallied outside factory gates and some marched to the Ministry of Social Affairs in a bid for more bonuses and the reinstatement of sacked union representatives.
Sieng Yot, a Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union official at Hai Yon factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, said more than 100 workers from that factory had voiced their demands in the city centre.
“The workers demanded five points, including that [management] allow three union officials and six workers who were sacked in May to go back to work, and that they pay workers $15 for transportation and accommodation,” he said.
In Dangkor district, C.CAWDU official Ney Buntoeun said about 1,000 workers at the Golden Gain Shoe company striked for a second day.
“The workers decided to strike after the company forced them into overtime,” he said.
Their demands include three meals per day, $20 per month for mothers with babies, and other bonuses, he said.
More than 100 workers at Master & Frank (Cambodia) in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district were striking in front of the factory yesterday, also demanding the reinstatement of a C.CAWDU union leader.
In the same district, about 1,000 workers from the Sun Best Garment factory in Kandal entered their third day of strikes for increased transportation and accommodation bonuses.
Sath Samuth, secretary of state at the Ministry of Labour, said the Labour Advisory Committee had already secured accommodation and increased attendance bonuses for workers, effective from September 1.
4 comments:
Time is coming Hun Sen regime, you are destroying the peace accord in Paris and turn Cambodia under Viet control like the past beforce 1993.
If you have time to look the situation in Syria then you will know who kick you off. And families destiny will be the same.
សព្វថ្ងៃគឺវានេះហើយ ....អាខ្វាក់ហ៊ុន សែន ! អាមេចោរ !
អាមេយូកូងបាតផ្សារ !
អាមេឧក្រិដ្ឋជន!
អា រន្ទះបាញ់ !
ជាមេអបគមន៍នៅស្រុកខ្មែរ ដែលស្អុយជាងគេ!
ហើយដែលបានកាត់ដីខ្មែរឱ្យទៅអាចោរយួន !
អញ្ចឹងទេ!........
ដល់ពេលងើបឡើងហើយកូនចៅខ្មែរប្រុសស្រី គឺកូនចៅគ្មានឱកាសណាល្អជាងពេលនេះទៀតទេ! បើកូនចៅហ៊ានស្លាប់ដើម្បីរស់គឺកូនចៅប្រាកដជានឹងមានសិទ្ធសេរីភាពក្នងការរស់នៅ។ ភស្តុតាងជាក់ស្តែងកូនចៅបានឃើញរួចរាល់អស់ហើយគឺពួកអាកញ្ជៈយួនទាំងនេះបានសម្លាប់ពលរដ្ឋអ្នកស្នហាជាតិជាបន្តបន្ទាប់។
អាល់ អាស្សាដជិតដល់ថ្ងៃរាស្ត្រស៊ីរីព្យួរកវា
ដូចអា សាដាំ ហុស្សេន។ ដូច្នេះ អា ហ៊ុន សែន
ត្រូវរាស្ត្រខ្មែរព្យួរកវា អាពីរនាក់ខាងលើនេះដែរ។
Time to help the poor and the sicks. Fuck the rich in Cambodia. Fuck the developments in Cambodia, it's caused the poor and the sicks people to suffer even more. Hen Sen held responsible for all this shit and his little snoopy ass ain't do a thing.
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