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Strike unfazed by court, National, Phnom Penh Post
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As striking workers at a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district
continued to burn tires yesterday, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court filed an
injunction ordering employees to return to work.
Cambo Kotop workers walked off the job last week after management fired five
representatives of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW). Amid
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least one of the factory’s gates, the court released the order on Tuesday,
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requiring employees to return today.
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Some strikers yesterday scoffed at the injunction, saying protests will continue
until the factory meets their demands; the most crucial of which is the
reinstatement of CUMW representatives.
“I do not respect the court injunction. I will continue to protest until the factory
accepts the five union members back to work,” Theang Srey Neang, a 32-year-old
Cambo Kotop employee, said yesterday.
“We destroyed the factory fence, because we were so angry at our employer.”
Staff at Cambo Kotop’s office said several times yesterday that their corporate
social responsibility manager, who identified himself in an interview last week as
to be its strongest for both Cambodian
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Kwak, was “in a meeting” and unavailable for comment.
Kwak last week said that the five fired CUMW workers had disrupted operations
in the factory over the course of two weeks, and had been warned.
Unionists have called for increased overtime pay and lunch allowances.
A statement from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC)
released on Tuesday said police in Por Sen Chey’s Kantok commune – where
Cambo Kotop is located – have allowed protesters to commit crimes without
consequence.
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Strike unfazed by court, National, Phnom Penh Post
“The activity at Cambo Kotop . . . has caused severe harm to the factory without
any action from the authorities; investor confidence is falling,” the statement
says. “Intentional property destruction carries a sentence of six months to two
years imprisonment.”
Kantok commune police chief An Teng yesterday said the department has
received no complaints from the factory.
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