Workers block gates, burn tires at Japanese-owned box factory

About 80 workers protesting against a Japanese factory in Phnom Penh that produces cardboard boxes blocked the gates Friday after managers refused to hold a meeting with employees. Workers burned tires in front of the Harta Packaging factory, which they have been protesting against since February, demanding seniority wages retroactive to the beginning of 2014. A six-day strike in February was ended by a court injunction, after which the factory fired 285 workers, according to union representatives. …

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