Strikers used as ‘slave labour’
About 500 of the 600 garment makers at Meroson Cambodia Co Ltd went on strike yesterday, accusing the Taiwanese-owned firm which exports T-shirts to North America of using them as “slave labour”… Chey Sovan, vice-president of the Cambodian National Confederation for Labourers’ Protection, said that the main reason for the strike at the factory in Kouk Roka commune in the capital’s Dangkor district was the firing of three workers on October 3 who had been selected by the union to be its representatives on September 18. He said management did not want the union in the factory because it would expose violations of labour laws…
