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Oxfam urges overhaul of garment subcontractor standards to ensure decent employment for women workers
Oxfam has released a research report urging an overhaul of standards for garment subcontractors, to ensure decent employment and social safeguards for women workers. The organisation’s research finds that women in these subcontracted companies have not yet received appropriate protections. ...
Unions plan Workers’ Day march for May 1
Representatives from the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU) and the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU) – along with trade unions and associations working in the labour sector – announced their intention to celebrate the 137th anniversary of International Workers’ Day on May 1, with ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-plan-workers-day-march-may-1
NagaWorld dispute drags on with 25th meeting
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training remains unable to find a solution to the labour dispute between NagaWorld and its dismissed employees, while civil society organisations call on the ministry to end its role as mediator and for the use of existing legal mechanisms ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nagaworld-dispute-drags-25th-meeting
Gov’t confident while labour unions warn against EBA exit
Withdrawal of Everything But Arms (EBA) from Cambodia has evoked mixed reaction from economic experts and labour unions in the country. While economic experts claimed it would not affect badly, labour unions have raised concerns and urged the government to deal with European Union (EU) ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071988/govt-confident-while-labour-unions-warn-against-eba-exit/
Royal Government of Cambodia’s statement on Nagaworld labour dispute
The Royal Government of Cambodia this evening issued a statement on the Nagaworld Labour Dispute, reading as follows: ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501042142/royal-government-of-cambodias-statement-on-nagaworld-labour-dispute/
Unions ready for minimum wage talks
Pro-government and independent unions are gearing up for negotiations to introduce a national minimum wage by the end of the year. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077058/unions-ready-minimum-wage-talks/
In wage protest, hundreds of garment workers block road
More than 1,000 garment workers from a factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao City blocked a public road on Wednesday in protest over unpaid wages that have left them struggling to afford food and pay their rents, a union official said. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-wage-protest-hundreds-of-garment-workers-block-road-129890/
Unions plan for thousands to join banned Labor Day march
Thousands of workers will once again defy government orders and march through central Phnom Penh this morning to mark International Labor Day, the president of one of Cambodia’s largest independent labor unions said on Monday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-plan-for-thousands-to-join-banned-labor-day-march-128928/
US still urging Cambodia to broaden and clarify union law
The U.S. is continuing to urge the government to change and clarify key parts of a controversial trade union law that took effect in April, including an amendment to cover civil servants, the U.S.’s international labor affairs representative said on Tuesday. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us%E2%80%88still-urging-cambodia-broaden-clarify-union-law-118851/
Independent Unions raise minimum wage demand
A group of independent unions say they will push for a new monthly minimum wage of $207 for garment workers when three-way negotiations with the government and factories begin in earnest next week. ...
Mech Dara and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/independent-unions-raise-minimum-wage-demand-to-207-94090/
Migrants’ dream turns into pesticide nightmare
Promises of well-paying jobs in Malaysia turned into a nightmare for four young men repatriated from the country last week with help from rights group Adhoc. The four – who range from 18 to 24 years old – had been sold to a plantation ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15416/migrants----dream-turns-into-pesticide-nightmare/
FTU boss says no cash for election
Chea Mony, the Free Trade Union president who announced in July that he was stepping down from his post, has said the union does not yet have the money available to hold a congress to vote in a new president. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ftu-boss-says-no-cash-election
New union group formed
A new collective of transportation workers unions was announced on Sunday by the Cambodia Labour Confederation, Cambodia’s largest association of independent unions.The Cambodian Transport Workers Federation (CTWF) is composed of seven transportation workers unions and currently represents about 2,000 workers, according to Ath Thorn, president ...
Charles Rollet and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-union-group-formed
Limousine drivers strike deal with company
A group of 55 drivers who briefly went on strike last month settled their dispute with the Royal Cambodian Limousine Service over unpaid overtime wages on Monday, agreeing to accept between $600 and $700 per driver, according to a representative of the drivers. Chhay Buntha, ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/limousine-drivers-strike-deal-with-company-91462/
FTU boss to sit out meet
The president of the Free Trade Union is slated to boycott this morning’s final meeting to discuss the trade union law, held at the Ministry of Labour. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ftu-boss-sit-out-meet