Mediator records fewer strikes

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Charles Rollet

In what it deemed an “inspiring trend” for Cambodia’s labour relations, the Arbitration Council reported that the number of cases it registered involving strike action – as well as the total number of cases themselves – declined in the first half of this year.

According to the independent labour dispute mediator’s latest newsletter, while over a quarter of the 174 cases received during the first six months of 2014 involved strike action, only 16 per cent of the 162 cases received for the same time this year did.

“This presents an inspiring trend as more cases followed the national dispute resolution procedure than an escalation in strike action,” it read.

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