SL Workers Demand Representatives Reinstated
About 200 workers protested outside SL Garment Factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district Wednesday demanding that managers reinstate 19 union representatives before a 15-day deadline set by the government elapses. The Council of Ministers has ordered the factory to rehire the fired unionists or face punitive measures by the Ministry of Labor, an order factory director Joseph Kee Leung Lee promised to follow Monday. But SL’s general manager and founder both said Wednesday that the workers’ reinstatement was not ensured. “It’s not about whether we accept back the workers or we don’t accept back the workers. We have never said that, that’s only what the government said,” said Raymond Wong, the company founder, by telephone. “We have not promised anything yet to accept them,” he said. “There is still no result, we are still discussing.” ... However, Oum Mean, secretary of state at the Ministry of Labor, said the order stood. “If the factory still do not accept it, we will take legal action against them,” he said. ...
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