The Prestige Garment factory sacked Houn Sovith on 22 December 2018 after he tried to form a union.
Mr Sovith had been active in trying to protect workers’ rights, demanding that the management should not deduct wages from employees who took emergency leave, and calling for an extension of employment contracts from two to six months. He formed a union and the workers voted to make him president. After he submitted documents to the Department of Labour and Vocational Training in Kandal for union recognition, however, management retaliated by sacking him.
