Workers strike over sacking of unionists

About 500 workers who have been on strike at a Chinese-owned footwear factory in Phnom Penh for the past two weeks protested in front of the Ministry of Labor yesterday asking for the government’s help in resolving the dispute.

On September 15, more than 1,000 employees walked out of Jian Le Footwear factory in solidarity with Heng Sihoeun, a National Trade Union Coalition (NTUC) representative who was fired following a change of ownership in August. …

Ben Sokhean
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