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Title: Cambodian police open fire on garment workers Post by: NewYorkExpress on January 03, 2014, 10:57:02 PM http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/cambodian-police-open-fire-on-garment-worker-protesters/article16193757/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/cambodian-police-open-fire-on-garment-worker-protesters/article16193757/)
Quote Cambodian military police opened fire with assault rifles on Friday to quell a protest by garment factory workers demanding higher pay, and human rights workers said at least four people were killed. Chaos during nationwide strikes erupted for a second day as security forces were deployed to halt a demonstration by thousands of workers who refused to move and threw bottles, stones and petrol bombs at an industrial zone in Phnom Penh. Title: Re: Cambodian police open fire on garment workers Post by: they don't love you like i love you on January 04, 2014, 10:16:02 AM But I thought sweatshops were a good thing!
Title: Re: Cambodian police open fire on garment workers Post by: True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자) on January 04, 2014, 11:32:45 AM But I thought sweatshops were a good thing! Only if the peons are willing to sweat in them. Sometimes they just need to be 'lead' in the proper direction. Title: Re: Cambodian police open fire on garment workers Post by: Mordecai on January 05, 2014, 05:00:56 AM Well this is quite clearly the natural consequence of unions pushing wages above their market levels.
Title: Re: Cambodian police open fire on garment workers Post by: Nhoj on January 05, 2014, 01:06:33 PM This is more about rising opposition power than anything else.
Title: Re: Cambodian police open fire on garment workers Post by: Snowstalker Mk. II on January 05, 2014, 01:41:00 PM Well this is quite clearly the natural consequence of unions pushing wages above their market levels. Right. If we paid them more than 12 cents a day, the job creators would lose incentive from being multi-millionaires instead of billionaires. |