Tep Nimol and Mom Kunthear
Phnom Penh Post
ANOTHER major union is threatening to strike if its wage demands are not met, a labour leader said Tuesday, joining a garment sector union that has already warned it is considering a three-day walkout.
Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA) and head of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU), said he has yet to receive a response to demands made more than a month ago during a Labour Day rally.
At the rally, he asked for reduced work hours for the members of both bodies, a boost to monthly teacher salaries and the creation of a labour court for workers.
“We have not received a response from government officials until now.... If there is no solution for us, then a strike will happen in the very near future,” Rong Chhun said Tuesday, though he declined to give a date for any potential action.
The labour leader said he sent a letter yesterday morning to Prime Minister Hun Sen, reiterating his demands.
“We have not received a response from the authorities more than one month after we raised the issue,” he said. “So I have to send a letter to remind them.”
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