Another mass fainting, but H&M ‘not to blame’
The second mass fainting in a month at Kampong Chhnang’s M&V garment factory, a supplier for global retailer H&M, saw 23 women taken to hospital yesterday, bringing the total number of affected workers in August to 67. Noun Sam Ol, president of the Free Trade Union at M&V, said yesterday that the women, who were sent home to recover after their hospital visit, had been working multiple overtime shifts, leaving some feeling weak later in the day. … Soam Sinath, deputy director of Kampong Chhnang provincial labour department, said the faintings were not caused by the factory but rather the women’s existing health issues. …
