Tai Yang boss refutes name change allegations
Garment worker Ba Chhorvorn stands in the sweltering heat inside the small concrete brick room she calls home in Kandal province. Across the road is her workplace, a supplier to Levi’s and Gap, which her boss describes as the “five-star hotel of garment factories”. Worlds apart but just metres away, Chhorvorn’s accommodation is anything but glamorous. “My two sisters and I live here,” the 25-year-old Tai Yang factory worker says as co-workers gather around her on the thin linoleum that covers a slab of uneven cement. “We just sleep on the floor, because the landlord doesn’t provide beds and we can’t afford to buy any,” she says, surrounded by sewing machines the women use to supplement their meagre wages. The sisters are among about 4,000 people, according to Cambodian Confederation of Unions figures, who have gone on strike at the Tai Yang and Camwell factories since June 25. …
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