Scores of factories ‘set to sue’ over wage strike

27 February 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Crime and law enforcement / Garments and textiles / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Unions
Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions / Cambodian Independent Teachers Association / CCAWDU / Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union / Collective Union of Movement of Workers / CUMW / Dave Welsh / Free Trade Union / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / GMAC / National Independent Federation Textile Union of Cambodia / NIFTUC / Pav Sina / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Solidarity Center

The owners of 170 factories have handed power of attorney to the nation’s factories association ahead of a potential lawsuit directed at the leaders of six union groups. Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) secretary-general Ken Loo said yesterday that the factories would seek damages related to the late-December to early-January strike, which ended with a government crackdown that left at least four protesters dead by police bullets. … An unofficial translation by the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) of what it claims is a January 5 complaint filed by GMAC to Phnom Penh Municipal Court names liable parties as the leaders of C.CAWDU, the National Independent Federation Textile Union of Cambodia, the Collective Union of Movement of Workers, the Free Trade Union, the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association and the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions. …

 Sean Teehan
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