Labor policy and administration

Safety and health at work

Factory sequestering unionists from others

Eight union representatives at a Chinese-owned window factory in Svay Rieng’s Bavet town say they are being illegally detained by security guards in a separate room at work each day after leading recent protests.​ ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-sequestering-unionists-others

After factory fire, workers agree to deal

After a fire burned through the Xing High Feng garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district on Monday night, the four unions representing more than 400 workers there agreed Tuesday to give the factory two months to rebuild and to receive $30 each in ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-factory-fire-workers-agree-to-deal-92551/

Curtain factory workers break windows during strike

More than 400 employees of a curtain factory in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet City were on strike for the eighth day Thursday over alleged labor abuses and unmet demands, a day after some of the workers lobbed rocks at the building, causing thousands of dollars ...

Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/curtain-factory-workers-break-windows-during-strike-92211/

Curtain factory workers break windows during strike

More than 400 employees of a curtain factory in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet City were on strike for the eighth day Thursday over alleged labor abuses and unmet demands, a day after some of the workers lobbed rocks at the building, causing thousands of dollars ...

Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/curtain-factory-workers-break-windows-during-strike-92211/

Cambodian workers in limbo as Qatar drags heels on safety standards

The Cambodian government is working on an agreement with the Qatari government that would allow Cambodians to join the thousands of migrant workers helping to build the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup. As a safety measure, the Cambodian government has requested that Qatar guarantee ...

Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14391/cambodian-workers-in-limbo-as-qatar-drags-heels-on-safety-standards/

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/

Over 70 faint at Kompong Speu garment factory

More than 70 workers fainted over three days at a garment factory in Kompong Speu province after complaining of difficulty breathing, a unionist and employee said Monday. ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-70-faint-at-kompong-speu-garment-factory-89655/

Workers threaten to burn banner of brand

About 200 workers from a factory that supplies sportswear giant Puma delivered a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet on Friday calling attention to their demands that five-year employment contracts be replaced by one-year contracts, a union leader said. ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-threaten-to-burn-banner-of-brand-88862/

Cambodian garment factory workers demonstrate for subsidies

At least 500 workers from three garment factories in Cambodia demonstrated on Tuesday outside the Labor Ministry in the capital Phnom Penh, demanding that government officials intervene in their quest for better working conditions and food and transportation subsidies. ...

Tha Thai
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/garment-factory-workers-demonstrate-for-subsidies-07142015132610.html

CPP lawmaker visits factory after protest

After about 200 workers protested in Phnom Penh on Tuesday morning, a CPP lawmaker said she traveled to a Chinese-owned garment factory in Kandal province to lobby management to rehire seven workers, including six who say they were fired earlier this month for taking part ...

Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-lawmaker-visits-factory-after-protest-88348/

Striking garment workers march to ministry

About 100 striking workers from a Phnom Penh garment factory yesterday delivered a letter to the Ministry of Labour, asking for intervention in their industrial dispute.  ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/striking-garment-workers-march-ministry

Factory worker killed by exploding machine

An employee at a Phnom Penh garment finishing factory that supplies to clothing giant H&M was killed when shrapnel from a machine that exploded struck him in the head.​ ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-worker-killed-exploding-machine

Thai fishing slaves find lack of support at home

When hundreds of fishermen were rescued from a life of slavery on Thai fishing boats off the coast of Indonesia earlier this year, the world took notice. ...

Astrid Zweynert
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13243/thai-fishing-slaves-find-lack-of-support-at-home/

Union chief’s new calling: factory land broker

As Free Trade Union officials were putting together a list of demands for striking workers at a factory in Kompong Speu province on Tuesday, the union’s president, Chea Mony, was in Kampot province inspecting a plot of land for a Chinese firm looking to set ...

Sek Odom and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/union-chiefs-new-calling-factory-land-broker-87638/

Working conditions in Cambodia's garment factories slightly improved: group

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has found a slight improvement in Cambodia’s garment factory working conditions, although issues of overtime and occupational safety and health continue, according to its latest report released on Wednesday. ...

Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=291468

Garment training to boost local talent

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), which represents most of the country’s export-oriented garment factories, will establish a training institute with the aim of replacing more than 8,000 jobs in the garment industry held by foreign  workers with a highly skilled local workforce. ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12940/garment-training-to-boost-local-talent/

Four factories see 118 faintings

More than 100 workers across four garment factories in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Takeo provinces fainted yesterday. National Social Security Fund (NSSF) officials said 45 workers at C N Prosperous Garment (Cambodia) Co Ltd in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district fainted yesterday, after more than ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/four-factories-see-118-faintings

Cambodia union warns about fainting garment factory workers

The president of one of Cambodia’s largest labor unions representing the apparel sector expressed concern on Thursday about the growing number of garment factory workers fainting from overwork and harsh factory conditions during the past few days. ...

RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/union-warns-about-fainting-garment-factory-workers-07022015155840.html

Mass fainting occur at 2 garment factories in Cambodia

Some 82 Cambodian garment workers at two different factories fainted on Tuesday morning, and a labor official cited poor health for the cause of their fainting. Mass fainting has subsequently occurred in Cambodian garment factories. According to the NSSF, some 557 workers got fainted in ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/mass-fainting-occur-at-2-garment-factories-in-cambodia-8730

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