Workers attack factory

24 February 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Kampong Siem / Manhattan Industrial Garden / Manhattan SEZ / Medtecs

A fourth day of protests by garment workers in Kampong Cham turned unruly yesterday, as nearly 2,000 workers shattered the windows of their factory with stones after briefly blocking National Road 7. The workers blocked the road for about 10 minutes at 9am, before returning to protest in front of the Medtecs (Cambodia) factory in Kampong Siem district’s Manhattan Industrial Garden at 10:30am and began lobbing stones. Workers told the Post they ceased after about 90 minutes when the company agreed to open negotiations with worker representatives. …

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022454711/National-news/workers-attack-factory.html

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