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May 28, 2013

Cambodia: Workers Injured by Police During Wage Protest at Nike Factory 
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In Cambodia, at least 23 garment workers were injured Monday when police
used stun batons to disperse a protest at a factory that makes clothing
for the U.S. company Nike. Thousands of workers, most of them women, had
blocked a road outside the factory. They are demanding an additional $14
a month on top of their $74-per-month minimum wage. Earlier this month
at least two workers were killed in a collapse at another Cambodian
factory that made shoes for the Japanese firm Asics.

 

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