Unions Want Government, Factories to Resume Wage Talks

13 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Garments and textiles / Government / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training / Unions
Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union / Collective Union of Movement of Workers / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / GMAC / Ken Loo / Kong Athit / Labor Advisory Committee / Pav Sina / Prak Chanthoeun

The unions behind several days of strikes that turned deadly this month said they will officially ask the Labor Ministry today to resume negotiations on a new minimum wage for the country’s critical garment sector, and said they would hold more street protests if their request is rebuffed. The six unions led strikes for a doubling of the sector’s monthly minimum wage to $160 that peaked when military police shot into crowds of protesters outside a Phnom Penh factory on January 3, killing five people and wounding dozens more. Though most workers have since returned to their factories and the Labor Ministry has offered to boost the minimum wage from $80 to $100 per month, the unions said Sunday that they were sticking to their demand for $160. …

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