Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder inaugurates boro paddy collection-2022 through video conference at the conference room of Food Directorate in the city on Thursday. NN photo

Cambodia police use water cannon to break up textiles strike

Reuters, Phnom Penh :Police in Cambodia made dozens of arrests and used water cannon to break up a strike on Monday by garment workers protesting over low pay, in the latest flare-up in a manufacturing sector vital to its fledgling economy.Thousands of workers at two factories have halted work since Dec. 16 at several industrial zones to demand $8 on top of a new minimum wage of $140 a month. The strike spread at the weekend after four people were...

22 Dec 2015, 12:00 am