CCU calls on factory to pay final salary to the family of factory workers who died in Koh Pich

Rong Chhun, CCU President

The Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU), which regroups the Free Trade Union of Workers in the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC) and the Cambodia Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA), issued a request to garment factory owners to pay the final salary, as well as their additional supplementary income to the workers who died during the tragic accident in Koh Pich bridge on 22 Nov.

Rong Chhun, CCU President, indicated in his letter sent to Van Sou Ieng, the chairman of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) that the accident which took place on Koh Pich Island on 22 Nov led to more than 300 deaths and several hundreds injured. Among the victims were 28 factory workers who were members of WTUFKC, and 33 of them were also injured.

The CCU asked Van Sou Ieng to intervene so that administrators of factories where workers have died or injured could receive their last pay and that this money be handed to the victim’s families so that they can organize the funerals or pay for their medical care.