Workers at a garment factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital, went on strike at the end of last month in protest against the dismissal of one of their union officials. The factory produces for Gap, Benetton and Adidas, whose customers have long benefited from low-cost Asian labour. But union militancy in Cambodia's textile sector can now count some successes: the minimum wage went up by $11 in July – less than the unions wanted, but enough to end the wave of strikes.
在柬埔寨首都金邊的一家服裝廠,工人們上月末舉行了一場罷工,抗議他們的一名工會官員被免職。該工廠爲Gap、貝納通(Benetton)和Adidas(Adidas)生產服裝。長期以來,亞洲低廉的勞動力讓這些品牌的客戶受益匪淺。但柬埔寨紡織業的工會運動如今終於取得了一些成就:7月份,最低工資提高了11美元——比工會要求的低,但足夠讓罷工浪潮結束。