Unions say 60,000 garment workers on strike over wages

Sep 13, 2010
DPA
Phnom Penh - A union leader said Monday that 60,000 garment workers at 50 factories had joined a strike in a dispute over Cambodia's revised minimum wage.
Ath Thorn, the president of the Cambodian Labour Confederation, said he expected more workers would join in the coming days, with the strike set to continue until at least the end of the week.
'Until now we haven't had any violence. But the police arrested three people at lunchtime and confiscated microphones, and made them sign a contract not to use them any more,' he said.