Workers claim intimidation

15 August 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
C.CAWDU / Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / Garments and textiles / GMAC / industry / labor / manufacturing / Meas Sotha / SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd / Unions

About 4,000 employees at one of Asia’s largest garment-processing factories have stopped work, as union workers demand the company sever ties with a shareholder who ordered a military police presence there.

Workers at SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd began demonstrating on Monday, about two weeks after shareholder Meas Sotha ordered military police to stand guard inside the factory, said Kong Athit, vice-president of the Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), which represents employees at SL. …

…[the] workers want the military police to leave and for SL to sever all ties with Sotha. …

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