Armed police crack down on protest

28 July 2011
The Phnom Penh Post
Clothes / Economy and commerce / Garments and textiles / Industries / Labor / Labor arbitration / Unions
Arbitration Council / Cambodia / Chheng / Demands / Dismissal / Medical Check / Ministry of Labour / Phnom Penh / Police / Protest / Representatives / Rights and Profit Workers Federation of Trade Unions / Suos Sokha / Va Yuvavadhana / women / workers / Zongtex Garment Factory

Three women were slightly injured while participating in a strike of about 500 workers outside the Zongtex Garment Factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district yesterday, a union representative said yesterday. Suos Sokha, head of the Rights and Profit Workers Federation of Trade Unions, said yesterday the workers had been protesting against the dismissal of four of their representatives without any reason last Thursday, when about 20 armed police arrived. Workers were also demanding the company respect an Arbitration Council ruling handed down on June 19 asking the factory owner to pay each worker US$4.50 to cover the cost of a medical check, he said.

 (By Tep Nimol, pg. 6)
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