MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE AND STRIKES TROUBLE CAMBODIAN GARMENT FACTORIES
January 7th, 2015
DAYS before the beginning of the year, when Cambodia increased the minimum wage to US$128 per month, hundreds of employees of a South Korean-owned garment factory rallied in front of Seoul’s embassy, calling for an intervention in their dispute with factory management. The Cambo Kotop garment factory had fired five union representatives, amid a strike by 1,200 employees.Whereas the new minimum wage prevented the protests from gaining intensity, garment factories struggle with shrinking margins.“This particular incidents seems nothing compared to the garment ...
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