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Union reps fired after strike

28 January 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Garments and textiles / Human rights / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Social development / Unions
Adidas / Armani / Calvin Klein / Cambodian Alliance Trade Unions / CATU / CLEC / Collective Union of Movement of Workers / Community Legal Education Center / CUMW / Dave Welsh / Joel Preston / Manhattan Textile and Garment factory / Ministry of Labour / Moeun Tola / Pav Sina / Solidarity Center / Yang Sophorn

Despite Cambodia’s labour law forbidding employers from taking action against workers for engaging in union activity, more than 100 labour union representatives have been fired from at least 12 factories this month for encouraging workers to strike for a $160 monthly minimum wage. The firings came ...

 Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-reps-fired-after-strike

Country’s Buyers Discuss Faintings, Union Law

7 September 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary
Adelaide Wong / Adidas / American Center for International Labor Solidarity / Ath Thon / Calvin Klein / Cambodian Labor Confederation / Cham Prasidh / Charmaine Nuguid-Anden / Chemicals / David Welsh / Fainting / Gap / Garment factories / German aid / ILO / International Labor Organization / Levis / Malnutrition / Ministry of Commerce / Monitors / Overheating / Phillipd-Van Heusen / Puma / Tommy Hilfiger

Multiple government ministries and the International Labor organization will form a group to investigate the mass fainting that have plagued Cambodia’s garment industry over the past several months, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said yesterday. There have been at least 15 mass fainting since the beginning ...

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