Garment factory worker strikes increased threefold in 2012
Strikes staged by garment and footwear factory workers more than tripled in 2012 compared to 2011, with more than 100,000 workers participating in at least one strike, an official of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said yesterday. … “Historically, prior to any elections, we will see a high occurrence of strike,” said Ken Loo, GMAC’s secretary-general. …