Clash thwarts union’s march

Police clashed with strikers as thousands of garment workers from factories that sell to Levi’s and Gap were blocked as they marched from Kandal province towards the capital yesterday, union representatives said. The 4,000-strong group’s march, as threatened by Cambodian Confederation of Trade Unions president Rong Chhun earlier this week, was thwarted after just 90 minutes, according to May Sopheaktra, secretary-general of the Cambodia Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU). …

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