The Ministry of Labor on Friday referred the ongoing Ocean factory labor dispute to the Arbitration Council, after another round of failed negotiations between workers and factory management.

Workers have been holding ongoing protests for three weeks after management announced it would pay workers only $15 this month after the factory suspended operations on May 26 because of a lack of orders.

Vong Sovan, deputy director general of the Ministry of Labor’s general department of labor conflict, said the ministry met with workers, management and unions for two hours Friday and in the end decided to send the case to the non-binding council.

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Source: (The Cambodia Daily – June 14, 2014)