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| Chea Mony, president of Cambodia's Free Trade Union of Workers. (Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS) |
Washington, D.C Friday, 01 October 2010
“If I'm a worker, I'm happy when an employer wants to file a complaint but where the prime minister asks that it be stopped.”
The intervention this week by Prime Minister Hun Sen in a series of labor disputes could please workers but upset investors, a trade union representative said Thursday.
In public statements on Wednesday, Hun Sen urged the courts to drop a number of cases brought by factories against labor leaders, following a general strike in mid-September. The factories had been insistent on charging some union representatives for the strike, which managers called illegal.
“If I'm a worker, I'm happy when an employer wants to file a complaint but where the prime minister asks that it be stopped,” said Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
“But if the courts say they are independent, they can't accept the prime minister's request,” he said. “That's the problem.”
The Free Trade Union was not among those who went on a four-day strike last month, but it is one of the most powerful unions in the garment sector.
Since the strikes, workers and managers have sought to simplify the negotiation process, but it remains unclear how far factories are willing to go to increase the incomes of workers, especially in a tightened global marketplace.
Chea Mony, whose brother and former president of the union was murdered in 2004, said the best way to deal with the current dispute is to find a compromise, before both sides lose.
“The workers need factories and factories need workers, so one side should not upset the other,” he said.
He also cautioned against the court's simply taking the lead of a single individual, which erodes the confidence of investors in Cambodia's dedication to the rule of law.
Worried investors may well decide instead to take their businesses to other countries, such as Bangladesh, Kenya or Nepal, he said.
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លោកជាមន៉ី មានសូរសៀងសម្លេងដូចជាមនុស្ស
ស្រីអចឹង ។ សម្លេងរបស់គាត់ ហាក់ដូចជា
ខ្វះខាតអីមួយ ។ ជាធម្មតា សម្លេងដែលមានសូរសៀង យ៉ាងស្វាហាប់ ដូចលោកហ៊ុនសែន
ដូចព្រះបរមនាថនរោត្ដមសីហមុនី លោកឆាងយុ លោកហ្រ្វ៉ងហ្ស័រតាន់ ជាដើម
ទើបដូចជាសម្លេងមនុស្សប្រុសដើមទ្រូង៥ហាត់ ។
If he doesn't want HS intervention, let the employers sue his ass. What an idiot!
HS did not order the court to drop the case directly, he only make suggestion, which in this case, enough for both sides to reconsider to drop the case. Thus HS did not violate any law of executive and judiciary.
Hey you fucking Viet slave @1២:៤៧PM,
If you want to be Viet's slave for life, go ahead - it is your right, your freedom of choice, but do not drag the Cambodian people along with you or you will be eliminated from the face of this green planet earth. This is not a warning - this is not a threat. It is rather a promise!
[Si vous voulez être l'esclave des Viets à vie, allez-y: c'est votre droit, votre liberté de choix, mais ne pas essayer de prendre le peuple cambodgien libre avec vous or vous serez éliminé de cette verte planète. Ce n'est pas un avertissement ni une menace mais plutôt une promesse sûre!]
ហេ អា/មី ងាប់ផុតពូជ ១២:៤៧PM
បើ អា/មី ងាប់ផុតពូជឯងចង់ធ្វើខ្ញុំកញ្ជះយួនអស់
មួយជីវិតនោះ ក៏ធ្វើទៅ តែកុំមកបញ្ចុះបញ្ចូលនាំខ្មែរ
អ្នកជា ផ្សេងៗទៀតទៅជាមួយអា/មី ងាប់ផុតពូជ
ឯងអោយសោះ ពុំនោះសោតទេ អា/មី ងាប់ផុត
ពូជឯងនឹងត្រូវអ្នកស្នេហាជាតិសំឡាប់អោយផុត
ពូជបាត់ពីលើផែនដីខៀវស្រងាត់នេះទៅមិនខាន។
នេះមិនមែនជាពាក្យព្រមានសំឡុតគំរាមកំហែងឬ
បន្លាចនោះទេ តែវាជាពាក្យ សន្យាពិតប្រាកដ៏តែ
មួយម៉ាត់ប៉ុណ្ណោះ!!!
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