Strikers fired in Svay Rieng

9 January 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Garments and textiles / Government / Human rights / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Social development / Special economic zones / Unions
California / Cambodian Alliance Trade Union / CATU / Collective Union of Movement of Workers / CUMW / Dave Welsh / Has Bunthy / Kingmaker (Cambodia) Footwear Co Ltd / Manhattan Special Economic Zone / Pav Sina / Solidarity Center / Svay Rieng Provincial Court / Svay Rieng Provincial Labour Department / Tay Seng Special Economic Zone / USA Inc

Factories in Svay Rieng province’s Manhattan Special Economic Zone have fired or suspended more than 200 workers – and are pursuing legal action against some – for participating in a strike last month that saw some 30,000 walk off the job. An accountant at Kingmaker (Cambodia) Footwear Co, Ltd – which supplies to California-based Skechers USA Inc – confirmed they fired 200 workers on December 27, while heads of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW) and Cambodian Alliance Trade Union (CATU) told the Post yesterday that 50 members of their unions were dismissed last week. … Has Bunthy, director of Svay Rieng’s provincial Labour Department, yesterday said he had urged local factories to reinstate their workers to no avail. …

 Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
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