Garment sector peace sought

30 April 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Labor / Unions
Cambodian Confederation of Unions / Cambodian Labour Union Federation / Chamber of Commerce / employers / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / garment sector / industry / labor / labour / mafia / Ministry of Labour / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Unions

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on unions, employers and the Ministry of Labour to take a collaborative approach to stamping out violent protests in the garment industry, a unionist said yesterday. During a Saturday conference involving 4,000 people from more than 60 union groups, Hun Sen said each group must work to “improve the atmosphere in the garment sector”, according to Som Aun, president of the Cambodian Labour Union Federation. The call came just days after the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia asked the prime minister to help them combat violent strikes that it said were being spearheaded by unions using “mafia-type tactics”…

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