Tide changes at Ocean as factory pays strikers
Ocean Garment, the Phnom Penh-based clothing manufacturer at the centre of sexual harassment claims and an illegal strike that lasted more than two weeks, has agreed to compensate more than 2,500 workers for wages lost during the protests, a move union advocates have highlighted as rare. … After a number of meetings with the workers’ Collective Union of Movement of Workers, Ocean management on Saturday announced workers would receive half their daily wage and allowance for the 16-day protest, with each to be paid $20 in total. … Company Director Mamunar Rashid said the payout was not considered compensation, but rather a “grant” to help the workers and discourage further industrial action. …
