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13 May 2014

Author:
Mech Dara, Cambodia Daily

Caltex Workers Launch Strike in Phnom Penh

Work…at Phnom Penh’s Caltex petrol stations ground to a halt…as hundreds of employees…began striking for a higher monthly wage…Station attendants, drivers, and convenience store employees converged…to call for an increase to a salary they say is impossible to live on…[A] station attendant who has been employed by Caltex for 17 years, said the company was failing to keep salaries in line with living costs…Chanlek Than, a spokeswoman for Chevron, said the company was taken aback by the strike. “We are disappointed that our unionized service station colleagues have taken the drastic action to stop work instead of following legal processes to resolve the matter…she wrote in an email…Ms. Than said the company is working with authorities and union leaders to get their stations operating again…

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