Garment workers strike

Up to a thousand garment workers went on strike in at the start of this week in Phnom Penh, Cambodia calling for the re-instatement of three suspended union representatives. The company, Cambo Handsome Ltd, suspended the three on charges of stealing two t-shirts.

The union representing the workers, the Workers Friendship Union Federation, has accused the company of targeting worker activists in a union busting attempt.

Up to a thousand garment workers went on strike in at the start of this week in Phnom Penh, Cambodia calling for the re-instatement of three suspended union representatives. The company, Cambo Handsome Ltd, suspended the three on charges of stealing two t-shirts.

The union representing the workers, the Workers Friendship Union Federation, has accused the company of targeting worker activists in a union busting attempt.