The Factory Workers Factor…
The announcement by the government of a 15$ rise, bringing the salaries of factory workers to 95$ instead of the expected 160$, has stirred a fair amount of discontent amongst the workers, inciting many to start striking. The 400,000 workers being in fact the only potentially coherent opposition force thanks to the existence of worker’s unions, surely will provide the CNRP with a wave to surf on in its bid to oust Prime Minister Hun Sen from the power he holds for the past 28 years.
Following are some of the protests from this morning, where some 3,000 workers gathered at Freedom Place and another 400 at Chak Angré on road nr 2… Everything on the road between Stung Meanchey and Chaom Chao, lined with hundreds of factories was quiet.
Boeung Kak lake blocking the road in front of the Municipality yet gain seems a bit of a peripheral battle now.
