[PHNOM PENH POST]
UNIONS representing thousands of former garment workers who were left
jobless after one of June Textile’s factories burnt down last month have
said they will suspend industrial action pending the outcome of
compensation talks later this week.
The negotiations follow a
protest held at the charred remains of June Textile’s factory in Phnom
Penh’s Sen Sok district, where some 4,000 former employees gathered on
Friday.
“We will gather all the workers on Sunday evening to
inform them about the negotiations with the factory and government
officials from the Ministry of Labour on Wednesday,” Yin Saroeun,
president of the Hope Union, said on Friday.
The laid off
workers have rejected part of a compensation offer affording them US$20
per worker in seniority bonuses, instead demanding $150, he added. But
Meng Try, administrative manager at June Textile, said a $20 seniority
bonus was a reasonable offer given that the company had sustained
millions of dollars in losses from the fire that broke out at their Tek
Thla factory shortly before Khmer New Year.
He said the former employees had also been offered 18 days worth of compensation payments at a rate of $2 a day.
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