5,000 Protest for Benefits in Kompong Speu
About 5,000 garment workers from a factory in Kompong Speu province, which manufactures clothing for U.S sports giant Nike, yesterday blocked National Road 4 demanding additional allowances, such as transport and maternity bonuses, a union representative said. The protest at Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment MFG Corp., in Samroing Tong district, has been going since Tuesday, said Sun Vanny, a Free Trade Union representative at the factory. … Sabrina has previously come under media scrutiny for repeated incidents of mass fainting. In 2012, the Free Trade Union recorded that Sabrina had four separate incidents of faintings, affecting 340 workers. …
