Workers Pledge to Continue Strike Action in Phnom Penh

Garment factory workers on Saturday blocked Street 371 in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district for the second day and said they will continue their strike today unless factory managers give in to their demands. During Saturday’s strike action, more than 3,000 workers from the S.L. Garment Factory blocked traffic on the road in Boeng Tompun commune from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., said Ath Thon, director of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers of Democratic Union. …