Cambodian pro-opposition trade unions urge garment workers to join mass protest

The Cambodian pro-opposition trade unions on Thursday called on garment workers, civil servants and common people to join a massive nonviolent demonstration against the July 28 election results. In the election, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party gained the victory. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) of long-time opposition leader Sam Rainsy announced to hold a mass protest on Saturday morning at the capital’s Freedom Park. “The Free Trade Union of Workers would like to appeal to our 100,000 members and other workers to boycott overtime on Saturday in order to join the CNRP’s protest,” the Union’s president Chea Mony said in an appeal letter. Another pro-opposition union also called on workers, teachers, civil servants and common people to attend the planned protest. … The Cambodian Labor Ministry advised garment workers to remain calm and avoid taking part in the opposition-organized massive protest.

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