Ocean Whisked Away…
The workers from the Ocean garment factory, owned by Bangladeshi capital and providing clothes to GAP, are on a strike to obtain their full salary instead of the 15$ offered by the management for the months operations were suspended at the factory for a lack of orders. This morning, with stalled negotiations and fearing the factory would close down, they walked towards the Ministry of Labour and possibly Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house but were whisked away inside the Porsenchey municipality compound for a series of negotiations. Mr. Ho Vann, opposition CNRP MP, was prevented by municipal security guards from addressing the workers inside the compound and subsequently requested to stay away from the entrance gate.
This is a follow-up post on my ebook ‘A Fine Thread’, available for your iPad on iTunes HERE.
