NGO Says Clothing Giants Shirked Workers
A local legal aid NGO said yesterday that American retail giant Wal-mart and Swedish clothing brand H&m have failed to take responsibility for a shuttered supplier factory in Phnom Penh that owes its workers up to $200,000 in unpaid severance payments. The Community Legal Education Center ...
Radio Ban Sparks Debate of Media Freedom in Cambodia
While observers yesterday accused the government of censorship for ordering radio stations not to transmit international broadcasters over the election weekend, a government spokesman defended the move. On Sunday, a ministry of Information official said the ministry had ordered local F.m. stations not to transmit Voice ...
អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិចង់ស៊ើបអង្កេតលើអំពើហិង្សានៅកម្ពុជា
ភ្នាក់ងារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិបានទទូចអោយកម្ពុជាធ្វើការស៊ើបអងេ្កតទៅលើវិសមាត្រនៃការប្រើប្រាស់កំលាំងដោយកងកំលាំងសន្តិសុខកាលពីសប្តាហ៏មុនប្រឆាំងទៅនឹងកម្មករោងចក្រកាត់ដេរដែលធ្វើកូដកម្មលើបញ្ហាប្រាក់ឈ្នួល។ ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន Peninsula On-line News
http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/asia/267595/un-wants-probe-into-cambodian-violence
Union President calls for inspectors
The president of the Free Trade Union yesterday sent a letter to the Ministry of Labour’s inspection departMent to Monitor working conditions at M&aMp;V factories in KaMpong Chhnang province, alleging excessive overtiMe is causing workers to faint. “They have to work both in day and night ...
Muhibbah JV bags RM276m projects for Cambodia’s airports
Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd and its joint venture partner has secured two contracts valued at US$87Mil (RM276Mil) to build and expand two airports in CaMbodia. Muhibbah has a 30% stake in SCA [Societe Concessionnaire de L’Aeroport]. The duration for the PhnoM Penh Airport and SieM ...
The Star Online News Staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2013/11/06/Muhibbah-JV-bags-RM276m-projects-for-Cambodia-airports.aspx
(English) Cambodia discusses garment issues with buyers from global brands
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Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-02/19/c_133128000.htm
(English) Brands, international unions press Cambodian government on labor issues
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Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/brands-international-unions-press-government-on-labor-issues/1923596.html
(English) Cambodia the focus of new IT training course
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Park Eun-Jee
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2990542
(English) Cambodian garment workers, bloodied in crackdown, continue wage struggle
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Christina Larson
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-20/cambodian-garment-workers-bloodied-in-crackdown-continue-wage-struggle
Clash erupts at SL factory
Security guards clashed yesterday with workers from two SL Garment factories that supply Levi’s, Gap and H&m, as the number of employees protesting exceeded 5,500 – or more than 90 per cent of the staff. Protester Kim Voeun, 32, said security guards, in the presence of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052456366/National-news/clash-erupts-at-sl-factory.html
Demand for cheap rentals outnumbers supply
The boom in high-rise buildings in Phnom Penh indicates the robust economic growth of the Kingdom, but this trend does not include the lower-end accommodation where most economic migrants to Phnom Penh rent. “Cheap rental accommodation plays a crucial role in providing appropriate settlements to those ...
Sam Sopanharith
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/demand-cheap-rentals-outnumbers-supply
UK: Cambodia worker health part of M&S Plan A progress
UK retailer Marks &aMp; Spencer (M&aMp;S) is trialling a new caMpaign aiMed at helping 14,000 garMent workers in CaMbodia deal with coMMon health issues, as part of its Plan A ethical prograMMe. The coMpany, which aiMs to becoMe the world’s Most sustainable Major retailer by 2015, ...
Katie Smith
http://www.just-style.com/news/cambodia-worker-health-part-of-ms-plan-a-progress_id119714.aspx
Baffling Mass Faintings in Cambodia
It sounds like something from a Victorian novel – hundreds of young women falling, en masse, into a swoon. But this phenomenon has become a bafflingly common occurrence in modern-day Cambodia. The incidents have been limited to women working in a small number of the country’s ...
Union boss adds another strike to plate
With a court date hanging over his head for his involvement in the Tai Yang factories strike in Kandal province, Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun yesterday intervened in another garment dispute, this time in Kampong Speu province. About 1,000 workers entered day five of ...
H&M under fire for low Cambodia wages
H&m workers in Cambodia are only paid 3 kronor ($0.45) an hour, forcing many into debt to feed their families, according to a report on the TV4 documentary Kalla Fakta (The Cold Facts) many textile workers therefore borrow money for food, leading to considerable debts with ...
SL Garment Protesters Gain Little From Talks at Labor Ministry
A two-day meeting between union leaders, senior government officials and representatives of the SL Garment Factory failed Tuesday to reach a solution for factory workers, who have been on strike since early August and on monday demonstrated in front of Prime minister Hun Sen’s Phnom ...
Ben Woods and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sl-garment-protesters-gain-little-from-talks-at-labor-ministry-45708/
Ministry Meets Striking Union Representatives
Ministry of Social Affairs officials yesterday conducted a Meeting between the owners of a factory, which produces clothing for H&aMp;M, Gap and Levi Strauss, and its workers, but threatened to file a coMplaint against the Coalition of CaMbodian Apparel Workers DeMocratic Union (CCAWDU), union representatives ...
No deal in SL Garment factory face-off
A long day of negotiations failed to resolve a factory dispute yesterday at a company that supplies to major international brands Gap, Levi’s and H&m. After more than 1,500 workers from SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) factories in the capital’s meanchey district marched to the ministry of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052356325/National-news/no-deal-in-factory-face-off.html
Brands tell GMAC to dial it down
Some of the world’s largest clothing brands have warned the Garment manufacturers Association in Cambodia of possible business ramifications should the factory representative continue with plans to impede labour monitoring. Thirteen major buyers, including Gap, H&m, Levi’s, Nike and Puma, have signed a letter to GmAC ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/brands-tell-gmac-dial-it-down
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ក្រុមហ៊ុនបញ្ជាទិញបានជំរុញឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា និងភាគីពាក់ព័ន្ធធ្វើការដោះស្រាយជម្លោះនៅក្នុងឧស្សាហកម្មរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរលើការដំឡើងប្រាក់ឈ្នួលអប្បបរមាដោយសន្តិវិធី។ ក្នុងលិខិតចំហមួយចុះថ្ងៃ ទី៧ មករា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៤ របស់អ្នកបញ្ជាទិញរួម ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://postkhmer.com/index.php/business/business/108937-2014-01-08-04-22-58