Garment Protest Turns Violent After Accord Fails
Violence erupted yesterday morning during a long-running protest at a Phnom Penh factory that produces clothing for international brands H&m, Gap and Levi Strauss when about 1,000 workers broke the factory’s gate and started hurling rocks to break its windows, protesters and military police officers ...
Strike at SL eats into profits
Because of ongoing strikes and an inability to fill orders, SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) says it is shedding cash flow as buyers shift away from one of Asia’s largest producers, factory management confirmed yesterday. International brands H&m and Gap reduced their orders, while Levi’s ceased buying ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/strike-sl-eats-profits
Fears SL strike could get ugly
Union officials fear violence that occurred at two separate rallies in front of the SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd factory last week will continue at one scheduled this morning. About 10 SL strikers were injured during demonstrations on Thursday and Friday, when uniformed and plain-clothes SL ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fears-sl-strike-could-get-ugly
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បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន Xinhuanet
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/26/c_133363019.htm
(English) International union urges factories to raise wages
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Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/international-union-urges-factories-to-raise-wages/1923487.html
H&M finds no evidence of violence at supplier factory
A representative of clothing brand H&m said yesterday that there was no conclusive evidence proving that staff from their supplier factory in Kandal province had committed violence against a union representative on Wednesday. Nhem Samphose, a representative for the Free Trade Union at New Archid Garment ...
Factory Workers Continue to Strike for Higher Wages
About 4,000 garment workers from factories that produce clothing for international brands H&m, Gap and Levi Strauss continued protesting yesterday in Phnom Penh for higher wages, union representatives said. Singaporean-owned SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd. parked three large trucks in front of their meanchey district factories ...
Seventy Workers Faint at Factory Supplying H&M
More than 70 workers at a factory in KoMpong Speu province that produces garMents for the Swedish clothing brand H&aMp;M were hospitalized Monday after they fainted at their workplace. Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union, said the workers at the Anful garMent factory in ...
វិនិយោគ$២០០លានលើកសិដ្ឋានជ្រូក
លោក ម៉ុង ឫទ្ធី ដែលជាសេដ្ឋីមួយរូប និងជាសមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាបានសហការជាមួយ ក្រុមហ៊ុនចិនគ្រប់គ្រងដោយរដ្ឋមកពីខេត្តគ័ងចូវ វិនិយោគរួមគ្នានូវទឹកប្រាក់២០០ លានដុល្លារអាមេរិកក្នុងការពង្រីកកសិដ្ឋានចិញ្ចឹមជ្រូកនៅ កម្ពុជាដើម្បីឆ្លើយតបនឹងតម្រូវការទីផ្សារ និងទប់ស្កាត់ការនាំចូលដ៏ច្រើន ...
ម៉ៃ គុណមករា
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/business/business/108214-2013-12-23-04-27-09
Hundreds fired after garment strike ends
ManageMent at one of Asia’s largest garMent producers yesterday fired at least 600 eMployees, days after thousands returned to work following a two-week strike. Most of the workers fired by SL GarMent Processing (CaMbodia) Ltd – which supplies Gap, Levi’s and H&aMp;M – were MeMbers of ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-fired-after-garment-strike-ends
(English) Help Cambodia's garment workers, unions urge Business Secretary
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Strikes in Cambodian factories may hit orders
Officials of the Garment manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GmAC) are concerned that recent strikes could delay delivery to customers, and factories are looking for solutions to meet buyers’ demands. About 10,000 workers in seven or eight garment factories have gone on strike recently demanding higher wages ...
Unpaid Garment Workers Continue Protests
Some 200 garment factory workers protested at the ministry of Social Affairs on Friday, a day after they held a demonstration in front of the Swedish Embassy in Phnom Penh and urged diplomats to intervene in a labour dispute involving unpaid wages from a factory ...
អ្នកបញ្ជាទិញផលិតផលពីកម្ពុជាខកចិត្តហើយសុំឱ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលឈប់ប្រើហិង្សាលើកម្មករ
ក្រុមហ៊ុនធំៗចំនួន៧ដែលបញ្ជាទិញសម្លៀកបំពាក់និងស្បែកជើងពីកម្ពុជាបានសម្តែងការព្រួយបារម្ភជាខ្លាំងចំពោះការបាញ់បង្ក្រាបទៅលើបាតុករជាកម្មកររោងចក្រកាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុន។ ការបង្ក្រាបនោះនាំឱ្យមានមនុស្សស្លាប់និងរបួសជា ...
Police Deny Responsibility for Shooting Civilians
Police on Wednesday denied any responsibility for the shooting death of a street food vendor after they fired live rounds during clashes with garment factory workers in Phnom Penh’s meanchey district on Tuesday, with a government spokesman saying the security forces can use “any means” ...
Lauren Crothers and Phann Ana
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-deny-responsibility-for-shooting-civilians-46937/
(English) Turmoil marks year in labour
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Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/turmoil-marks-year-labour
Stories vary on latest mass fainting incident
Workers at a garment factory in Kampong Speu province that supplies global retailer H&m will return to work tomorrow, after more than 100 staff were hopitalised on monday, following what they and union representatives described as a mass fainting incident. A spokesperson for H&m’s headquarters in ...
As European leaders try to save the euro, uncertainty about fallout in Cambodia if they don't succeed
It’s after midnight in Sihanoukville and British teenagers are clogging the walkways, pushing past one another to drain free shots at the bars. In Kep, elderly French tourists sun themselves at the upscale Sailing Club while Spaniards and Germans eye the offerings at Phnom Penh’s Central market. In spite of the growing fears ...
Thousands Protest at H&M Factory, Demand Wage Hike
Thousands of garment workers yesterday protested outside a factory in Pur Senchey district making garments for the Swedish clothing company H&m, demanding a raise to their minimum wage and meal benefits, workers and union representative said. The workers of Gladpeer Garments Factory (Cambodia) Ltd., are demanding ...
Protesters Stage EU faint-ins
In a year in which more than a thousand Cambodian garment factory workers have fainted on the job, activists across Europe are demonstrating for higher wages and better working conditions in the Kingdom’s factories. Throughout the past week, demonstrators mimicked faintings by collapsing on the floors ...