Kampuchea Garment Workers Will Continue To Strike To Raise Minimum Wage.

The report says more than 60 thousand people

Art Thun, head of the Kampuchea Federation of labor unions (AthThun), recently held a meeting in the Meanchey area. The workers' leaders said that more than 60 thousand workers promised to take part in a week's strike next month.

He also said that although they had complied with the regulations, the authorities did not negotiate with them.

Therefore, they will start a week long strike in September 13th.

He also said that they were looking for fairness for workers, and the workers worked hard, but wages were low.

The government's official labor advisory board and industry representatives decided last month to raise the minimum wage for garment workers, raising $5 to $61 a month, and the new wage structure will begin in October this year.

However, the workers' leaders said that the increase should not be enough to raise to 93 dollars a month, and there should be additional allowances.

Workers' leaders wrote to us at the beginning of the month

However, the government had no response.

If the government talks with the workers' representatives, the strike will be avoided.