Deal scrapped; strike ends

6 February 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Cities / Government / Infrastructure / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Phnom Penh / Unions / Urban administration and development / Urban sanitation infrastructure / Urban water and sanitation infrastructure / Water and sanitation infrastructure and facilities
Cintri / Phnom Penh City Hall

Rubbish collectors went back to work in the capital yesterday after further concessions were made following the workers’ rejection of a deal struck on Tuesday evening between union representatives and waste disposal company Cintri. Union representatives had said they had reached a deal with the firm, which has the only contract to remove the capital’s waste, following a meeting presided over by City Hall officials on Tuesday evening. But when the agreement was presented to workers at the company’s vehicle yard yesterday morning, street cleaners rejected the proposed offer of a $15 wage increase from their current salary of $65 per month. Truck drivers were offered an increase of $10 to $120 in Tuesday’s scrapped deal. ... Under the new agreement, street cleaners will get paid $90 per month and truck drivers will receive $130, union representative Prak Sokha said yesterday, adding that other concessions included building a new health clinic for workers, not docking pay when they require new work clothes, and social security entitlements. ...

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