Groups tell ILO to retract ‘right to strike’ claim
An employers and businesses federation that took out paid newspaper advertisements claiming Cambodia’s workers have no fundamental right to strike has hit back at the International Labour Organization (ILO), asking it to retract comments it made in response to the ads. Last week, the Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations (CAMFEBA) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) began running ads in local media, including the Post, saying the public had been misled over the right to strike following deadly protests in the garment sector last month. … Tim de Meyer, a senior international labour law specialist for the ILO in Bangkok, rejected the argument last Wednesday. … In a letter to the ILO’s Decent Work team regional director Maurizio Bussi, signed by CAMFEBA vice-president Sandra D’Amico on Monday and later obtained by the Post, CAMFEBA accuses the ILO, through de Meyer’s comments, of creating tension and spreading misinformation. … Dave Welsh, country manager for that organisation, said last week that he was concerned the approach of CAMFEBA and GMAC could lead to mass litigation against unions. …
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groups-tell-ilo-retract-%E2%80%98right-strike%E2%80%99-claim
