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Cambodian factory deaths shine spotlight on conditions

16 May 2013
DW
Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Labor
American Center for International Labor Solidarity / American Center for International Labor Solidarity country director Dave Welsh / ASICS / Bangladesh / Better Factories Cambodia / Better Factories Cambodia technical adviser Jill Tucker / BFC / BFC program / construction / construction standards / Dave Welsh / EU / European Union aid / Factories / Factory collapse / factory working conditions / fire safety / footwear sector / garment indusrty / Garment Manufacturers' Association ecretary-general Ken Loo / garment manufacturing industry / garment sector / GMAC / health and safety / ILO / International Labor Organization / International Labor Organization's Better Factories Cambodia program / Japanese aid / Japanese companies / Jill Tucker / mass faintings / minimum wage / minimum wage increase / Pakistan / Phnom Penh / poor construction / Shoe factory / Strikes / triple shooting / United States aid / US / Wing Star factory / Wing Star Shoe factory / working conditions

The deaths of at least two Cambodian workers and injuries sustained by 10 colleagues at a shoe factory southwest of Phnom Penh once more shine a light on conditions in the global garment manufacturing industry. Thursday’s accident at the Wing Star Shoe factory in the Cambodian ...

http://www.dw.de/cambodian-factory-deaths-shine-spotlight-on-conditions/a-16819017

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