The Disturbing Way These Workers Are Fighting For Higher Wages

The Disturbing Way These Workers Are Fighting For Higher Wages
A Cambodian land rights activist faints during a protest in Phnom Penh on January 21, 2014. Cambodian police detained 11 activists on January 21 as they broke up a rally calling for international assistance to secure the release of protesters arrested during a recent bloody crackdown, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/ TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images)
A Cambodian land rights activist faints during a protest in Phnom Penh on January 21, 2014. Cambodian police detained 11 activists on January 21 as they broke up a rally calling for international assistance to secure the release of protesters arrested during a recent bloody crackdown, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/ TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Just over two years ago, at the Anful Garments Factory in Kompong Speu Province, a young worker named Chanthul and 250 of her colleagues collapsed in a collective spell of fainting. They had to be hospitalized; the production line shut down.

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