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WORKERS at US-owned Caltex petrol stations in Cambodia walked out on strike today to demand higher wages and better working conditions.
Strike leader Sar Mora said at least 250 employees halted work, forcing 17 of the country’s 26 Caltex stations to shut.
He said workers were demanding a minimum wage of £95 a month, up from the current pay scale of £60-77.
They are also demanding a one-month annual bonus and childcare facilities.
Caltex-owner Chevron spokeswoman Chanlek Than said it was “disappointed that our unionised service station colleagues have taken the drastic action to stop work instead of following legal processes to resolve the matter.”
Rising expectations among Cambodia’s industrial and service workers have fuelled unrest, with labourers in the country’s massive textile sector staging strikes and demonstrations late last year and in January for a higher minimum wage.
