Workers take pay dispute to ministry of labor

26 August 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Economic policy and administration / Garments and textiles / Government / Human rights / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Manufacturing / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training / Social development / Unions
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / GMAC / Jiun Ye Garment factory / Khmer Union Federation of Workers Spirit / KUFWS / Ministry of Labor / National Road 5

Hundreds of garment workers traveled from a Kompong Chhnang factory to Phnom Penh on Monday to petition the Ministry of Labor to intervene in their dispute with factory management.

About 3,000 workers from the Chinese-owned Jiun Ye Garment factory have been striking since August 18, accusing management of deliberately withholding their monthly bonuses from their last paychecks.

The factory says underpayment is the result of a technical error and has promised to include the missing funds in the workers’ salaries next month. …

 Ben Sokhean
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