Factory Workers Continue to Strike for Higher Wages

About 4,000 garment workers from factories that produce clothing for international brands H&M, Gap and Levi Strauss continued protesting yesterday in Phnom Penh for higher wages, union representatives said. Singaporean-owned SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd. parked three large trucks in front of their Meanchey district factories to block the demonstration, which has been ongoing since May 12, so the protesters spilled out onto the busy street. …