Thousands go on strike at factories
About 5,000 workers went on strike at the M&V garment factory in Kampong Chhnang province yesterday, adding to the list of incidents at the factory in the past two years that has also included mass faintings. … Elsewhere, about 700 workers from the Pine Great (Cambodia) garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district blocked the road for half an hour, demanding due wages. Phai Dara, an FTU officer at the factory, said workers had been promised wages yesterday, but arrived to find equipment in the factory removed and factory staff missing. She said Labour Ministry officials had met the workers, and company officials had promised to pay their salaries tomorrow. …
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