Garment workers told to go back to factories

18 December 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Garments and textiles / Industries / Labor
Best Way Factory / Cheang Am / Chhouk Bandith / Collective Union of Movement of Workers / Has Bunthy / Manhattan Special Economic Zone / Ministry of Labour

About 30,000 garment workers from 40 factories in Svay Rieng province yesterday were told to return to their jobs after being sent home Monday amid fears a strike over the minimum wage would turn violent. Has Bunthy, a provincial department director at the Ministry of Labour, said police would patrol inside some factories and on the streets outside others, all in Bavet town, to ensure peace prevailed. … The Ministry of Labour is due to announce its decision on a minimum wage increase on Thursday next week. The figure is expected to climb from $75 to $160 by 2018, but the ministry is discussing whether that will happen in stages or all at once. …

 Mom Kunthear
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