Resolved Conflict
Cambodia garment minimum wage campaign 2013-2014
A nationwide strike by Cambodian garment workers demanding a doubling of the monthly minimum wage from US$80. The government first offered US$95 and then US$100. The strike was broken by a security-force crackdown on 3 January 2014 in which at least three and possibly four people were shot dead on Veng Sreng road, Phnom Penh.
Timeline 2 incidents
Sources
- Striking Garment Workers Join Cambodian Opposition ProtestsRadio Free Asia
- Cambodia garment workers killed in clashes with policeBBC News
- Cambodia Garment Wage Raise Fails to Appease StrikersRadio Free Asia
- Human Rights 2014: The Year in ReviewLICADHO
- Cambodian workers fight for a living wageUCA News
- Cambodian troops' shooting of striking garment workers condemnedLos Angeles Times
- Cambodia garment worker strike unravelsAl Jazeera