‘Ban’ for three more unionists

Three more unionists have been suspended as a result of the violent strikes at a Kampong Speu garment factory in May and June, a Free Trade Union official said yesterday.

Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing factory’s FTU president Sun Vanny, vice-president Sem Sopheak and general secretary Chi Sakla were each stopped by security while trying to return to work on Monday morning, after a five-month absence since the protests. …

Unbeknownst to them, the three were suspended from work on September 4 for a variety of violations of Cambodia’s Labour Law, including unexcused absences from work, according to the notice which was signed by Sabrina’s director and filed with Kampong Speu’s provincial labour ministry. …

Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan, P.6
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