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Around 3,000 workers making clothing for Nike were seeking a £9-a-month rise when police in riot gear moved in.
1:44pm Tuesday 28 May 2013
Workers at a Cambodian garment factory in Phnom Penh (File photograph)
At least 23 Cambodian workers were injured when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for US sportswear company Nike.
Trade union representative Sun Vanny said one woman demonstrator, who was two months pregnant, lost the baby after being pushed to the ground by military police.
"There was a pregnant woman among them. She lost blood and then she lost the baby," he said.
Some 3,000 mostly female workers were taking part in the demonstration when police in riot gear moved in.
The protest had blocked a road outside a factory owned by Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing in Kampong Speu province, west of the capital, Phnom Penh.
"Police used an electric baton to hit me on the head and if other workers hadn't pulled me away, I would be dead," Leng Pros, a 28-year-old male worker, said from his hospital bed. "I didn't know what happened next, I fell to the ground."
Police and military police officials declined to comment on the clash, saying they were still collecting reports.
Cambodian garment workers on a May 1 International Labour Day march
Nike said in a statement: "We are concerned by the serious allegations related to one of our contract factories in Cambodia and are immediately investigating the latest reports.
"We have been in active discussions with this contract factory since last week and we continue to closely monitor the situation."
It added: "As outlined in Nike's Code of Conduct, Nike requires its contract manufacturers to respect their employees' rights to freedom of association."
The workers have been staging strikes and protests since May 21.
They want the company, which employs more than 5,000 people at the plant, to give them just over £9 ($14) each month to help pay for transport, rent and healthcare costs on top of their £49 ($74) minimum wage.
According to the International Monetary Fund, garments accounted for 75% of Cambodia's total exports of £3.45bn ($5.22bn) in 2011.
The ceiling of shoe factory near Phnom Penh collapsed killing two workers
Low-cost labour has attracted manufacturers making clothes and shoes for Western brands but strikes over pay and working conditions have become common.
Earlier this month, two workers were killed at a factory making running shoes for Asics when part of a warehouse fell in on them.
A series of deadly incidents at factories in Bangladesh, including the collapse of a building last month that killed more than 1,000 people, has focused global attention on safety in factories in Asia makes goods for Western companies.
Pregnant worker at Nike factory in Cambodia loses her baby after police stunned her with CATTLE PRODS during protest against low pay
Around 3,000 mostly female workers blocked a road outside their factory owned by Sabrina Garment Manufacturing in Kampong Speu province
Police used cattle prods to move the group protesting over their low pay
At least 23 women injured and a two-month pregnant worker lost her baby
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 16:31 GMT, 27 May 2013 | UPDATED: 06:45 GMT, 28 May 2013
Cambodian police used cattle prods to stun workers protesting over pay at a factory that makes clothing for U.S. sportswear company Nike - injuring at least 23 women and causing one to miscarry her baby. Police dressed in riot gear were deployed to move around 3,000 predominantly female workers who had blocked a road outside their factory owned by Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing in Kampong Speu province, west of the capital, Phnom Penh, in Cambodia today. Among the 23 women injured in the incident was a two-months pregnant worker who lost her child after military police pushed her to the ground, Sun Vanny, president of the Free Trade Union (FTU) at Sabrina said.
Police clashed with around 3,000 predominantly female workers protesting over pay outside a factory owned by Sabrina Garment Manufacturing in Kampong Speu which makes sportswear for Nike (stock image)
'There was a pregnant woman among them. She lost blood and then she lost the baby,' he said. According to the International Monetary Fund, garments accounted for 75 pct of Cambodia's total exports of $5.22 billion in 2011.
Low-cost labour has attracted manufacturers making clothes and shoes for Western brands but strikes over pay and working conditions have become common. This month, two workers were killed at a factory making running shoes for Asics when part of a warehouse fell in on them. Police revised the original death toll of three given by a minister. A series of deadly incidents at factories in Bangladesh, including the collapse of a building last month that killed more than 1,000 people, has focused global attention on safety in factories in Asia makes goods for Western companies.
Previous incident: A Cambodian rescue team searches for missing workers after a shelter at a garment factory collapsed in Phnom Penh in Cambodia on May 20
Poor conditions: Members of a rescue party search through rubble after thirteen workers were injured when a shelter at a Chinese garment factory collapsed
Sun Vanny said the workers making the Nike clothing had been staging strikes and protests since May 21. They want the company, which employs more than 5,000 people at the plant, to give them $14 a month to help pay for transport, rent and healthcare costs on top of their $74 minimum wage. 'Police used an electric baton to hit me on the head and if other workers hadn't pulled me away, I would be dead,' Leng Pros, a 28-year-old male worker, said from his hospital bed. 'I didn't know what happened next, I fell to the ground.' Police and military police officials declined to comment on the clash, saying they were still collecting reports. No immediate comment was available from Nike Inc.
More incidents: Two workers were killed when this factory collapsed in Kai Ruong village, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on May 16
Reduced to rubble: Rescue workers and soldiers search through the site of the accident in a shoe factory in the Kong Pisei district of Kampong Speu province, 30 miles west of the capital, Phnom Penh on May 16
