Authority warns as unionists ready to convince 100,000 workers to join nationwide strike
100,000 leaflets would be printed and distributed next week to garment workers in the country to urge them to join nationwide strike to put pressure on the government and the Cambodian courts to release 21 workers in jail and to increase the minimum wage of the workers up to USD160 per month. …
Nine labor unions and associations agreed already on the printing and distribution of the leaflets to invite the workers to join the strike, which is schedule for March 12. …
Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Khuong Sreng said authority hasn’t yet received the letter from the unions, adding that they have to ask for the permission from the authority if they wish to hold the strike.
He added that any protest which is not given the permission will be considered as unlawful. …
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
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