Protest Continues at Factory Linked to Manhattan SEZ

More than 1500 factory workers yesterday marched from the Manhattan Quing Dao Textiles Corp in Kompong Cham province to the provincial headquarters to ask authorities to force the factory owner to abide by two arbitration council rulings, a union representative and a factory worker said yesterday. Worker Hey Channoeun, 29, said a discussion with the provincial authorities offered no solution. “Five union representatives went inside the provincial office to negotiate with the authorities and the governor, but there is no solution,” said Ms. Channoeun…