Another three textile union reps arrested

12 May 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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Arbitration Council / Free Union Federation of Khmer Labor / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / GMAC / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Labor / Quint Major Industrial factory / Wing Star Shoes factory

Police arrested another three union representatives on Friday for allegedly inciting garment workers to strike and protest in front of their factory over the past few weeks, this time in Kandal province. It follows the arrest last week of six representatives of another union ahead of a protest at the Wing Star Shoes factory in Kompong Speu province, also for allegedly inciting a strike. The increasing intolerance toward protests in the garment sector comes amid escalating complaints from factory owners that the government has not been doing enough to prevent and suppress a wave of “illegal” union activity. Kandal provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun said the latest arrests followed a complaint from the Quint Major Industrial factory, where several hundred workers have been protesting since April 23 for the reinstatement of 25 recently terminated employees. …

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