Workers win seniority pay

30 June 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Economic policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Garments and textiles / Government / Human rights / Industries / Labor / Labor arbitration / Labor policy and administration / Manufacturing / Social development / Unions
Arbitration Council / Harta Packaging Industries / Hong Kong Ju Feng factory / Ministry of Labour / Workers Friendship Union

A six-month standoff that eventually halted a box factory’s production ended on Friday, when managers of the factory in the capital’s Por Sen Chey district paid seniority bonuses to almost 150 former employees. Harta Packaging Industries paid bonuses of between $500 and $4,000 to a total of 145 former workers after an agreement was reached at the Ministry of Labour on Thursday, So Pheakdey, Harta’s administrative manager, said yesterday. Payments came after more than 200 former workers and unionists had blocked the shipments in and outside the factory since the previous Saturday. …

 Mom Kunthear
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