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Article

24 Feb 2014

Author:
Rachel Vandenbrink, Radio Free Asia

Cambodian Factory Workers Begin Overtime Boycott

More than 100,000 Cambodian factory workers refused to work overtime hours…as they began the first phase of a campaign demanding a higher minimum wage and the release of 21 detained workers and activists…The move comes ahead of a nationwide strike planned for next month under the second phase of the campaign led by 18 prominent labor unions and associations. The overtime boycott is the first large-scale action taken by labor groups since a brutal crackdown on workers’ strikes in early January, when police shot dead five protesters and arrested the 21…