Union leader hurt in strike

3 May 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Labor arbitration
Arbitration Council / Fees / fish farm / Free Trade Union / Garment Factory / garment workers / Kandal / labor / labour / Lay Sokha / Lim Line factory / Ministry of Labour / New Archid factory / Protest / Russey Keo district / SH clothing factory / strike / union leader / wages / workers

Thousands of garment workers went on strike yesterday demanding higher wages, fees for transportation and housing, and in one case, the elimination of smelly odours caused by a fish farm near their factory. Workers burned tyres and one union leader was allegedly assaulted with an electric baton by factory supervisors. At the SH clothing factory in Phnom Penh, more than 700 workers continued to protest the failure of factory owners to meet their long-standing demands – despite the Arbitration Council having ordered the protesters back to work last week…

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