“CPP, CNRP agree to let strike clause stand”, 15 Jan 2016

The controversial draft union law clause requiring a 50 per cent plus one vote by members to authorise a strike will stand, lawmakers from both parties said…though clarity is still required to define how that quorum should be shaped.

The strike clause was one of seven outstanding points agreed to...at the second meeting of the bipartisan committee to work out criticisms of the law…

However, Moeun Tola, of the rights group Central, said the entire law interfered with unions affairs.

The rule requiring a 50 per cent plus one quorum, he said, was impractical and a “violation of fundamental rights”.

Unions should be free to determine themselves how many people are needed to call for a strike, he said. “It doesn’t make sense at all.”