Rare win for Ocean Garment strikers

Workers from Ocean Garment factory participate in a protest last month. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post

Monday, 10 September 2012
Mom Kunthear and Claire Knox
The Phnom Penh Post

Ocean Garment, the Phnom Penh-based clothing manufacturer at the centre of sexual harassment claims and an illegal strike that lasted more than two weeks, has agreed to compensate more than 2,500 workers for wages lost during the protests, a move union advocates have highlighted as rare.

A throng of more than half of the Dangkor district factory’s work force hit the pavement on August 11, rallying behind six female workers who claimed manager Faruk Ahamed made sexual advances – claims that are now being dealt with Phnom Penh Municipal Court.

After a number of meetings with the workers’ Collective Union of Movement of Workers, Ocean management on Saturday announced workers would receive half their daily wage and allowance for the 16-day protest, with each to be paid $20 in total.

Human Rights Defender/F​reedom of Expression Alert – Phnom Penh, 31 August 2012

‘Suspicious suspect’ in Bavet shooting named

Thursday, 30 August 2012
Chhay Channyda
The Phnom Penh Post

Police in Svay Rieng province said yesterday a Bavet town police officer had been under court-ordered supervision since last week on suspicion of being involved in the February shooting at a garment factory protest in the Special Economic Zone there.

Provincial police chief Prach Rim said Sar Chantha, the chief of penal police in Bavet town, had been put under court supervision by Judge Pech Chhoeut in relation to the ongoing case.

Former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith was charged in April with “unintentional injury” for allegedly firing his gun at random into a crowd of 6,000 workers at the Kaoway Sports Factory in February, injuring three female garment workers.

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CAMBODIA: Strike continues at Gap supplier factory

Ngo Tuan | 28 August 2012
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A strike at the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh, which supplies US retailer Gap, has entered its third week, despite a court ordering the 2,500 protestors to return to work.

The unrest began on 11 August after six female employees accused their Bangladeshi manager of sexual harassment.

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court ordered the protestors to return to work on Friday (24 August), even though investigations are still pending, according to the Collective Union of Movement of Workers.

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Cops allegedly attacked garment strikers

Workers employed by the Golden Gain Shoe company protest yesterday in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post

Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post

Police have been accused of punching and shoving garment workers from Tai Yang and Camwell factories in Kandal province as the month-long strike over bonuses continued yesterday.

Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, said 11 people had been slightly injured after being attacked by about 60 police who were trying to prevent them from standing near National Road 4 in Ang Snuol district.

“The police officials came to push and beat the workers without talking with us in advance,” he said.

“Nine workers and two union leaders – me and Yang Sophorn, president of the Cambodian Alliance Trade Union – were slightly injured,” he said.

Factory workers hold out for more

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.

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Workers strike at Thai Pore factory on 16 July 2012

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Strike at the Taipor factory

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Tai Yang garment strikers sacked

Rong Chhun (L), president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, is confronted by Phnom Penh Police Commissioner Touch Naroth (R) during a protest by Tai Yang Enterprise workers this month. Photograph: Meng Kimlong / Phnom Penh Post

Monday, 16 July 2012
Mom Kunthear and Shane Worrell
The Phnom Penh Post

Garment employees who have refused to return to work after striking for three weeks no longer have jobs at Tai Yang Enterprise, which supplies Levi’s and Gap, management said yesterday.

Tired of strikes the company claims are costing it US$10,000 per day, administrative manager Ou Meng Hour said yesterday that more than 100 employees have effectively resigned by choosing not to return to work.

“The workers who stay outside are not the workers for Tai Yang Enterprise and Camwell anymore,” he said, referring to two of three factories the company owns in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district.

Union rep 'forced' to confess

Long Panha (left), an employee of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, is taken into custody by police during a demonstration by factory workers on Wednesday in Phnom Penh. Photograph: supplied

Friday, 13 July 2012
Sen David
The Phnom Penh Post

Police released union employee Long Panha last night after taking him into custody during a clash between police officers and workers’ rights representatives near Wat Botum in Phnom Penh in which he was beaten and left bleeding from the head, NGO officials said.

According to Panha, 23, who was treated for injuries to his face and forehead after his release, police forced him to thumbprint a confession in which he apologised for instigating the conflict between police and protesters, an admission he rescinded at a press conference yesterday morning.

“I did not clash with the police first,” he said. “My hand was empty but the police had shields and sticks. It is a violation of human rights.”

Rong Chhun invited to attend the discussion on the Tai Nan (former Tai Yang) factory

Reply letter from Hun Xen's office regarding request for intervention for Tai Yang workers

Garment Workers Call for Higher Wages on Hillary Clinton's Arrival

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