Kampuchea Garment Workers Return To Work After Strike

< p > recently, Kampuchea's a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > ready-made clothes < /a > workers returned to their jobs after a two week strike for salary. Workers from 40 factories in two special economic zones in Bavet City, Svay Rieng Province, began striking in mid April, demanding $50 in bonuses and increased wages. < /p >
< p > < < a href= > //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp > > workers' movement < /a > collective Alliance (CUMW) estimates that about 40 employees of the garment factories in Bavet city have about 80% employees, and about 20 thousand workers join the strike action. < /p >
< p > workers and trade unions claimed that the factory leaders had promised to award the bonus to new year strike activists who did not participate in the 8 anti a href= //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp Union Union /a, including CUMW. < /p >
< p > however, the Kampuchea Garment Manufacturers Association (GMAC) said it had never made such a commitment to the Tai Seng and Manhattan special economic zone factories. < /p >
< p > it is reported that most workers have returned to work in the week of May 8th. Although factory employers have not fulfilled their bonus promises, they have reassured workers again that they will find a way to settle disputes. < /p >
< p > a report released by the Asian Development Bank pointed out that political tensions and ready-made workers' demands for wage increases will continue to drag Kampuchea's economic growth in 2014. < /p >
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< p > Korea's Ministry of industry and Commerce recently announced the import and export of April 2014. The export volume of South Korea in April this year was about 50 billion 315 million US dollars, an increase of 9% over the same period last year, and the import amount was about 45 billion 852 million US dollars, an increase of 5% compared with the same period last year, and a trade surplus of 4 billion 462 million US dollars, which has maintained a favorable balance for 27 consecutive months. < /p >
In P, April, textile exports increased by 6% in 13 main export items in Korea. < /p >
< p > from the statistics of the main export areas (from April 1st to 20th), South Korea saw an increase of 29.7% in the central and South American market, an increase of 18.8% in the ASEAN market, an increase of 14.9% in the US, an increase of 7% in Oceania, a decrease of 4.2% in the mainland, a decrease of 7.5% in the Middle East, and a reduction of 14.4% in the European Union. < /p >
< p > Import Statistics in April this year (from April 1st to 20th Statistics), the import volume of raw materials decreased by 15.2% compared with the same period last year. The import volume of steel, crude oil and gas increased by 6.5%, 4.4% and 1.5% respectively in the 5 major import projects. Coal and petroleum products decreased by 2.7% and 7.1% respectively. < /p >