Phnom Penh Garment Factory Protest Resolved

More than 4,000 workers from two Phnom Penh garment factories belonging to a company that supplies international brands Gap, H&M and Levi Strauss returned to work yesterday after reaching an agreement with owners, union and factory representatives said yesterday. Eah Chip Eang, personnel manager for SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. in Meanchey district, said an agreement was brokered Monday night at the Ministry of Social Affairs between the company and the Coalition of Cambodia Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU). …