Kampuchea 300 Thousand Garment Workers Strike To Protest $95 Minimum Salary

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P strike strike has seriously affected the clothing industry in Kampuchea. It is estimated that 300 thousand garment workers will join in the strike and will cause tens of millions of dollars in losses.

Not long ago, the Kampuchea government issued the latest policy to raise the minimum monthly wage standard for garment workers to $95 in April 2014, but this increase is far less than the minimum monthly salary of $160 for workers.

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< p > the government is committed to gradually raise the minimum monthly salary standard in the next few years, which is expected to reach US $160 in 2018.

Discontent is accumulating. As a response to the policy, GMAC calls on members to shut down factories and stop production for three days. This call will have a great impact on Kampuchea's clothing industry.

Albert Tan, chief financial officer of GMAC, said that it was not clear how many garment manufacturers suffered losses in the strike, but the group expected to lose tens of millions of dollars in the collective strike of its 400 member factories.

"According to the general situation, the loss of a product line is 700 to 1000 dollars a day," Tan said. "Generally, there are ten product lines in the general factory.

At the same time, downtime means that the scheduled pport plan will also be disrupted.

Tan hopes that workers' demands can be answered within a week.

He said: "no business can withstand such losses, such losses can not be made up."

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In P 2013, GMAC recorded a total of 130 strikes, the most frequent year in the past ten years.

In contrast, in the first 11 months of 2013, the total export volume of Kampuchea's garment industry reached US $5 billion 100 million, up 22% from 2012.

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Hiroshi Suzuki, chief economist of the Kampuchea Economic Research Institute, < p > < a href= > http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_cj.as > < /a > > said that strikes against the clothing industry are immediate and will lead to foreign brands and buyers losing confidence in Kampuchea's clothing industry.

In October 2013, CEO Karl-Johan Persson of H&M, a Swedish clothing giant, came to Kampuchea to meet with Prime Minister Hong Sen.

H&M has set up a supply chain in Kampuchea since 1998, which is one of the biggest buyers of Kampuchea's clothing industry.

H&M said it would pay close attention to the situation but declined to comment.

The recent strike took place in Phnom Penh, where three workers were marching in front of the special economic zone, the Ministry of labour administration building and the liberty park.

Oum Visal, a legal adviser to the Kampuchea garment workers' freedom Union, claims that two workers were injured by riot police during the protest, while five others were slightly injured.

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< p > Labor Department spokesman Heng Sour publicly accused opposition parties and trade union leaders of inciting workers to March and ordered them to stop immediately.

"If the situation continues to develop, the labour department will sue the trade unions," Heng Sour said. "There is evidence that unions are inciting demonstrations to destroy factory facilities and property."

He also claimed that the procession was only a small part of the domestic garment industry, and that the Labour Advisory Board had passed the newly issued wage policy, and the government would not allow the request of the traveler to be revised.

The labor department released a signal saying that after meeting with representatives of six independent organizations, the Union had agreed to terminate the March and the workers would return to work immediately.

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< p > but Ath Thorn, chairman of CCAWDU, said that the workers of its union factory are still marching, and will continue to protest until the solution is introduced.

"Workers' parades are spontaneous, and we will not ask them to March or terminate the March."

Thorn said, "but the workers' representative told me that if there is no solution, they will not return to work."

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Dave Welsh, director of the labor solidarity center of the Kampuchea labor rights organization, said the government accused the opposition parties and trade unions of inciting the workers' march to focus on P.

"The minimum wage mark of $95 triggering a wave of opposition is not without reason," Welsh said. "Under today's inflationary pressure, the minimum salary requirement of $160 is not excessive."

Some analysts have pointed out that continuous protests and demonstrations are likely to rise to violence.

Welsh also said: "this is a real nationwide discontent.

Only by making some concessions can the situation be eased. "

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