Saturday, September 11, 2010

Cambodian unions say 80,000 garment workers to strike next week

Sep 10, 2010
DPA

Phnom Penh - Cambodia was facing one of its biggest industrial actions in years after a coalition of garment unions said Friday that 80,000 workers would strike next week in a dispute over the revised minimum wage.

Ath Thorn, the president of the Cambodian Labour Confederation, told the German Press Agency dpa that the work stoppage would run for five days starting Monday.

'We are pushing for negotiations on the wage and other benefits,' he said. 'We don't demand a minimum wage - we demand a living wage.'

Ath Thorn said the decision to strike came after the industry body, the Garment Manufacturers' Association of Cambodia (GMAC), failed to respond to its overtures.
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