Unions drum up strike support

10 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Garments and textiles / Government / Human rights / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training / Social development / Unions
Ath Thorn / Canadia Industrial Park / CCAWDU / Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union / Collective Union of Movement of Workers / CUMW / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / GMAC / Ministry of Labour / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Seam Sambath / SL Garment Factory / Veng Sreng Boulevard / Workers Friendship Union Federation

At the site where security forces shot dead at least four people during a nationwide strike on January 3, union leaders yesterday passed out fliers encouraging workers to join a stay-at-home strike after Khmer New Year. When workers filed out of Canadia Industrial Park’s gates for their 11am lunch break, Seam Sambath, president of the Workers Friendship Union Federation, made his case to passing garment workers – action similar to that which resulted in a unionist being detained in Svay Rieng province on Sunday. …

 Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
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