Labor

Labor policy and administration

Trash collectors’ strike to continue into third day

Hundreds of workers at Phnom Penh’s only trash-collection firm, Cintri, have vowed to continue striking today for higher wages and shorter work days after negotiations failed to resolve the dispute Tuesday. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trash-collectors-strike-to-continue-into-third-day-74359/

ILO, Cambodian garment manufacturers agree to eliminate child labor

Child labor has been a problem plaguing Cambodia for years, and a new agreement between the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) is the latest effort to eradicate it. “The agreement emphasizes collaboration between BFC and ...

Tara Donaldson
https://www.sourcingjournalonline.com/ilo-cambodian-garment-manufacturers-agree-eliminate-child-labor-td/

Report urges overhaul of Cambodia factory safety

Safety in Cambodian garment factories needs to be improved through a complete overhaul of building regulations and the inspection regime, says a new report. The Cambodia Garment and Footwear Industry Fire and Life Safety Risk report, funded by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the International ...

Richard Woodard
http://www.just-style.com/news/report-urges-overhaul-of-cambodia-factory-safety_id123870.aspx

Domestic workers push for protections

Forty national and foreign NGOs yesterday called on the government to ratify the International Labour Organization’s 2011 Domestic Workers Convention in order to better safeguard the rights of Cambodian domestic workers, both inside and outside of the country. The missive, which says that the Kingdom’s domestic ...

Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/domestic-workers-push-protections

Plan to negotiate ends Siem Reap airport strike

Workers at Siem Reap International Airport have ended an 11-day strike after agreeing with the company on a plan to negotiate over their grievances, a union rep said yesterday. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/plan-negotiate-ends-siem-reap-airport-strike

Workers get reinstated after court’s injunction

Hundreds of workers who were fired from a Phnom Penh garment factory returned to work yesterday after Phnom Penh Municipal Court filed an injunction on Monday requiring management to reinstate them. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-get-reinstated-after-court%E2%80%99s-injunction

Tally of goods linked to child labour grows

Four more goods made in Cambodia have been linked to exploitative child labour, adding to a mounting list of items the United States considers to be produced in violation of international rights laws. The mounting number of Cambodian goods found to use child labour runs ...

Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/tally-goods-linked-child-labour-grows

Ministry lauded: Adidas gives wage hike thumbs up

A representative for sportswear giant Adidas praised an upcoming minimum wage raise in Cambodia’s garment sector, state media reported yesterday. In a separate meeting, Anderson told labour advocates that the government, not Adidas, is responsible for wage-setting, Anna McMullen of Labour Behind the Label said ...

Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-lauded-adidas-gives-wage-hike-thumbs

Indochine protesters attacked

Five striking workers at a Kandal province garment factory were injured yesterday after a group of men allegedly showed up at the protest, attempted to steal equipment and beat several strikers. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/indochine-protesters-attacked

Maid agreement looms

Under an agreement with Malaysia, Cambodian migrant workers will be allowed to hold on to their passports and copies of their contracts but will be banned from any “political activities”, according to a draft version of the document obtained by the Post. The memorandum of understanding ...

Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/maid-agreement-looms

20 Cambodian workers rescued in Indonesia to return home this afternoon

20 Cambodian workers, who were rescued recently in Indonesia, will return home Wednesday afternoon, said a senior official. Kuong said the repatriation of the Cambodian workers is arranged by the Cambodian Embassy in Indonesia in collaboration with International Organization for Migration (IOM). Following a request ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/20-cambodian-workers-rescued-in-indonesia-to-return-home-this-afternoon:-spokesman-7684

Garment union will not protest wage

One of Cambodia’s most prominent garment worker unions, which had battled for a $140 minimum monthly wage in the sector, has decided not to hold street protests against the $128 figure decided by the government on Wednesday. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/garment-union-will-not-protest-wage

GTI price resilient over strikes

It’s been a testing month for Taiwanese garment manufacturer Grand Twins International (GTI), with recurring worker demonstrations and a new sector-wide minimum-wage level set just this week. But despite the turbulence, GTI stock – one of just two companies trading on the Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX) ...

Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/gti-price-resilient-over-strikes

Justice deferred: ‘The 23’ look forward to appeal date

The Appeal Court has set a date to hear the case of 23 garment workers and unionists who were convicted in May in connection with violent protests calling for a doubling of the sector’s minimum wage.​ ...

May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/justice-deferred-%E2%80%98-23%E2%80%99-look-forward-appeal-date

Court releases five workers arrested after factory clash

The Kompong Cham Provincial Court on Wednesday released five factory workers on bail three weeks after they were charged with instigating violence and destroying property during a protest that turned violent at the Juhui Footwear factory late last month, according to their lawyer. Clashes at the ...

Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-releases-five-workers-arrested-after-factory-clash-72234/

Cambodia sets minimum wage below union demands

Cambodia on Wednesday increased the monthly minimum wage for garment workers by 28% to $128, falling short of union workers’ demands and creating the potential for further strikes in the country. Ath Thun, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union, said the ...

James Hookway and Sun Narin
http://online.wsj.com/articles/cambodia-sets-minimum-wage-below-union-demands-1415789944

Cambodia raises garment wage, but unions say not enough

Cambodia on Wednesday raised the controversial monthly minimum wage for garment workers by 28 percent, a decision likely to infuriate unions seeking a higher increase and revive calls for strike action. Sixteen members of the Labour Ministry’s Labour Advisory Committee voted for the government-proposed minimum ...

World Bulletin News Staff
http://www.worldbulletin.net/economy/148209/cambodia-raises-garment-wage-but-unions-say-not-enough

No boycott: Union meet could decide wage today

Independent labour unions will take part in the Ministry of Labour’s Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) meeting today, possibly making their decision on next year’s minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment sector. NIFTUC and the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) considered boycotting the LAC ...

Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/no-boycott-union-meet-could-decide-wage-today

Fake call leads to wild goose chase

On Saturday, Banteay Meanchey border police received a desperate call. More than 80 Cambodian migrants, including women and children, were locked in a house in Thailand. They were being starved and abused. Two boys, begging their captors for food, were kicked to death. So said the ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-call-leads-wild-goose-chase

Grand Twins workers to strike anew

Striking workers at Cambodia’s only publicly listed garment factory yesterday said about 5,000 employees will hold a demonstration at the Phnom Penh business tomorrow after failing to achieve their demands. ...

Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/grand-twins-workers-strike-anew

Cambodia to discuss garment sector wages next week

A Cambodia government-appointed Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) may decide on a new minimum monthly wage for garment sector workers when it meets next week, just-style has been told. The committee is due to meet on Wednesday (12 November), when it will discuss whether to increase the ...

Poorna Rodrigo
http://www.just-style.com/news/cambodia-to-discuss-garment-sector-wages-next-week_id123496.aspx

GMAC urges Rong Chhun to stop accusing it of bribing

Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has asked Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Union, to remove his statement issued on October 28, saying that the statement is not true. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/gmac-urges-rong-chhun-to-stop-accusing-it-of-bribing-7603

Still detained: No answer on bail in Juhui case

An attorney for five people arrested after a violent protest at a Kampong Cham shoe factory said yesterday he is waiting for the court to issue a decision on a bail request he filed on Friday. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/still-detained-no-answer-bail-juhui-case

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