Cambodia’s garment unions weigh protests
Garment workers unions unhappy with next year’s recently announced $140 minimum wage for the sector will meet this week to determine whether or not to hold demonstrations to protest the disappointingly low figure.
The unions were pushing for $160 a month when the government announced the new wage on 8 October.
Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union, said he would meet with around six other union leaders on 21 October to plan the unions’ next step.
