The 8-day protest by the opposition CNRP with daily marches through the streets of Phnom Penh to demand Prime Minister Hun Sen resign following the July 2013 elections the CNRP claims to have won, seem to roll on now that an unfortunate announcement by the government of a salary rise of 15 $ instead of […]
The announcement by the government of a 15$ salary rise instead of an expected 80$ triggered a chain reaction of strikes in several garment factories. The CNRP happily surfs on that wave of discontent to push ahead with its wish, shared with a fair amount of Cambodians, to see Prime Minister Hun Sen, in power […]
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 […]
Cambodia might be on the eve of some big changes. Protests are popping all over the place and it becomes increasingly difficult to cover all of them. While the opposition CNRP held yet another motorcade in Phnom Penh with the continuous demand that Prime Minister Hun Sen step down, a group of monks from the […]
At 4:00pm there was still no news about the negotiations with the factory management which might bring the 4-month long strike to an end. See also HERE. UPDATE: A solution, brokered by the Ministry of Labour, for the conflict opposing the workers of he SL Garment Ltd. factory to their direction for the last 4 […]
An ultimate negotiation between the unions and the direction of SL Garment Ltd factory will take place at 2:30pm today. The workers wait anxiously to know if their close to 4 months long strike will end and if their demands are finally met. SL Garment Ltd. factory provides goods to famous international brands like Gap, […]
The strike by the workers from the SL Garment factory is in its 4th month. They walked the streets several times, they are without income, they sit for hours at the gates of their factory, they put up a blockade on the road, they were dispersed by the riot police, they were shot at with […]
The workers from SL Garment factory, specialised in various wet and dry processes for denim jeans for Levi’s, Wrangler, Zara, Union Bay, J. Crew, Nautica and other famous Western brands are still on strike in front of the factory gates, blocking the road with a tent. Day before yesterday, with their social conflict in its […]