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Workers split on call to rally
Union workers and leaders appeared divided yesterday on the question of whether to support the opposition party’s planned three-day demonstration at Freedom Park. Campaign promises from the Cambodia National Rescue Party to raise minimum monthly salaries to $150 seemed to have struck a chord with garment ...
Chhay Channyda and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-split-call-rally
Hundreds fired after garment strike ends
Management at one of Asia’s largest garment producers yesterday fired at least 600 employees, days after thousands returned to work following a two-week strike. Most of the workers fired by SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd – which supplies Gap, Levi’s and H&M – were members of ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-fired-after-garment-strike-ends
SL strikers go back to work today
Thousands of striking garment workers are set to return to work today, as more than two weeks of demonstrations at one of Asia’s largest garment factories come to a close. Meas Sotha, a shareholder at SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd, and Kong Athit, vice president of ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sl-strikers-go-back-work-today
Strikers descend on ministry
Shouting their demands and trying to force their way through the gate, thousands of striking garment workers rallied in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs to no avail yesterday. The strikes came the morning after management posted a notice saying some 6,000 striking workers ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strikers-descend-ministry