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Khmer Times/Mom Kunthear Friday, 26 August 2016
Appeals from the deputy provincial governor to wait for a decision from the Arbitration Council did little to stop almost 1,000 employees of a factory in Takeo province’s Daun Keo town from protesting and blocking one of the town’s main roads yesterday after a week of demonstrations were ignored by the company.
Almost 1,000 workers from the Garbotex Trading Company factory have protested for a week, demanding their employer fire a supervisor at the factory and improve working conditions.
In Mondol, Daun Keo town’s deputy police chief, said the workers had been protesting for more than a week and the factory did bow to some of their requests. But they balked at the worker’s biggest complaint: sacking a supervisor who many said was unnecessarily cruel.
Employees of the factory decided to block the street until government officials or the company responded to their final demands.
A provincial labor department official has already sent the case to the Arbitration Council, but workers were frustrated by the council’s slow pace and lack of updates.
“They blocked a road in the town, but it did not cause traffic jams because there is a detour. They blocked it from 8am to 10:30am, but stopped because it got too hot,” he said.
Mr. Mondol said workers believe one of their superiors insulted and fired a number of factory employees for no reason and they have yet to hear from the government about their issues with the factory work environment.
“They marched to the provincial hall for help, but they did not get anything from that, so they decided to block the road today. The union tried to stop them from blocking the road because it is illegal, but no one would listen,” he added.
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The provincial deputy governor came to the protest once it was clear the protesters could no longer be ignored and told them to wait for a decision from the Arbitration Council. The workers disagreed and refused to leave.
Mr. Mondol and a worker who spoke on condition of anonymity admitted that the factory agreed to eight of the 10 conditions workers had sent them. But the main sticking point was the supervisor who the factory refused to fire.
“We will keep protesting until we get our demands,” the worker said. “The supervisor looks down on us like dogs and she fired any workers she did not like whenever she wanted without any purpose or reason. We cannot work with this person anymore.” Garbotex Trading Company and Mung Virya, the provincial labor department director, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
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Khmer Times/Mom Kunthear Friday, 26 August 2016
Appeals from the deputy provincial governor to wait for a decision from the Arbitration Council did little to stop almost 1,000 employees of a factory in Takeo province’s Daun Keo town from protesting and blocking one of the town’s main roads yesterday after a week of demonstrations were ignored by the company.
Almost 1,000 workers from the Garbotex Trading Company factory have protested for a week, demanding their employer fire a supervisor at the factory and improve working conditions.
In Mondol, Daun Keo town’s deputy police chief, said the workers had been protesting for more than a week and the factory did bow to some of their requests. But they balked at the worker’s biggest complaint: sacking a supervisor who many said was unnecessarily cruel.
Employees of the factory decided to block the street until government officials or the company responded to their final demands.
A provincial labor department official has already sent the case to the Arbitration Council, but workers were frustrated by the council’s slow pace and lack of updates.
“They blocked a road in the town, but it did not cause traffic jams because there is a detour. They blocked it from 8am to 10:30am, but stopped because it got too hot,” he said.
Mr. Mondol said workers believe one of their superiors insulted and fired a number of factory employees for no reason and they have yet to hear from the government about their issues with the factory work environment.
“They marched to the provincial hall for help, but they did not get anything from that, so they decided to block the road today. The union tried to stop them from blocking the road because it is illegal, but no one would listen,” he added.
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The provincial deputy governor came to the protest once it was clear the protesters could no longer be ignored and told them to wait for a decision from the Arbitration Council. The workers disagreed and refused to leave.
Mr. Mondol and a worker who spoke on condition of anonymity admitted that the factory agreed to eight of the 10 conditions workers had sent them. But the main sticking point was the supervisor who the factory refused to fire.
“We will keep protesting until we get our demands,” the worker said. “The supervisor looks down on us like dogs and she fired any workers she did not like whenever she wanted without any purpose or reason. We cannot work with this person anymore.” Garbotex Trading Company and Mung Virya, the provincial labor department director, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
