AP | Fox News | 3 June 2013
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodian
police have detained seven workers at a factory that makes clothing for
the U.S. sportswear company Nike in the latest strife linked to a strike
over salaries there.
Free Trade Union of Workers of
the Kingdom of Cambodia organizer Son Vanny said its members traded
barrages of sticks and stones Monday with members of a rival union
opposing the strike. He said police then arrived and started beating
workers. Police declined comment on any arrests or possible injuries.
The
protest at the Taiwanese-owned Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing
plant west of Phnom Penh began May 21 over demands that salaries be
raised to $88 per month from $74. Police used force when the workers
blocked main road outside the factory on May 27, allegedly causing two
pregnant workers to miscarry.
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