Canteran Apparel
Workers camp outside Phnom Penh’s Canteran Apparel factory on Veng Sreng Blvd on July 21, 2022. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

Canteran Workers Take Partial Compensation but Continue Protest

Some 320 Phnom Penh workers who have been protesting and camping outside their shuttered garment factory for months have taken partial compensation as arranged by the Labor Ministry, but are keeping up their labor action saying they want the remainder paid out.

Workers at Canteran Apparel have set up camp on the sidewalk in front of the factory. The protestors claim the propety owner evicted them from staying on the factory premises on June 8, 2022. (VOD/ Hean Rainsy)

Factory Protestors Start Camping Out on Roadside

Workers seeking compensation from the shuttered Canteran Apparel garment factory have moved their tents to the sidewalk after they were made to leave the factory compound, they said.