Workers, cop injured as strike turns violent
Violence broke out twice yesterday at the Maru Chuen garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district – first, between police and strikers, and later, between strikers and employees who remained at work. In the morning, seven workers and one police officer were injured after police intervened to stop workers from blocking several company cars from entering the factory. … WUF president Ly Veng said the more than 1,000 workers, who had been protesting since last week for a minimum wage increase and other benefits, had said they would return to work if the factory did not cut their wages for the days of their protest, but the factory had not accepted this demand, so the protest continued. …
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