More Than 1,000 Faintings Reported in Cambodian Factories This Year

21 August 2014
Radio Free Asia
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The faintings between January and August were much higher than the 802 reported in the whole of last year, while only one factory worker died in the workplace in 2013, the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC) said in a report. FTUWKC said the report covered incidents reported in factories in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, as well as Kandal, Kampong Speu and Kampong Chhnang provinces—areas where the highest concentration of garment factories are located in the country. … In 2012, a total of 2,107 workers fainted in 31 separate incidents at 29 factories in the country, the union said. …

 Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/faintings-08212014140815.html