(English) Brands dodge blame over substandard factory
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Holly Robertson and Sun Heng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/brands-dodge-blame-over-substandard-factory-64606/
Gov’t, Garment Sector Silent Over Letter Urging SEZ Probe
A senior official at the Commerce ministry and the secretary-general of the Garment manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GmAC) were both silent yesterday regarding a letter sent to the ministry by garment buyers on Friday, urging the government to intensify its investigation of last month’s triple ...
Brands Urge Gov't to Act on SEZ Shooting
Some of the world’s largest international clothing brands, along with foreign labor protection groups, have called on the Cambodian government to intensify its investigation of last month’s triple shooting of spectators at a Svay Rieng special economic zone. Signed by several of the biggest customers ...
New services, branches in Cambodia woo bank customers
Maybank, one of the largest banks in CaMbodia, has officially launched an internet banking service to provide a convenient service to its More than 10,000 custoMers and says it hopes to increase that nuMber by around 10 per cent. The service, called M2U, will enable custoMers ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Business/new-services-branches-woo-bank-customers.html
Huawei withdraws injunction
Huawei Technologies (Cambodia) Co agreed yesterday to withdraw its injunction against mfone in order to pave the way for a court-appointed administrator to sell the bankrupt company’s assets and compensate its many creditors. Along with other creditors, Huawei representatives expressed concerns that the assets would ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040964953/Business/huawei-withdraws-injunction.html
ប៉ូលីសបង្ក្រាបការតវ៉ាថ្មី នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា
ប៉ូលីសកម្ពុជា បានបំបែកបាតុកម្មមួយ នៅក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ កាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារ និងបានឃុំខ្លួនសកម្មជនចំនួន ១១នាក់ ដែលកំពុងអំពាវនាវសុំជំនួយអន្ដរជាតិ ដើម្បីធានាការដោះលែងក្រុមអ្នកតវ៉ា ដែលបានចាប់ខ្លួន នៅក្នុងការបង្ក្រាបថ្មីៗនេះ ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន Channel News Asia
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/cambodian-police-in-new/962534.html
(English) Sihanoukville struggles to shake its seedy image
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Ouch Sony and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-struggles-to-shake-its-seedy-image-66108/
តុលាការចោទប្រកាន់តំណាងសហជីពបន្ថែមទៀតមុនកិច្ចប្រជុំជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុនធំៗ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ តុលាការខេត្តតាកែវបានចោទប្រកាន់តំណាងសហជីពប្រាំបីនាក់ពីបទញុះញង់ឲ្យកម្មករចូលរួមធ្វើកូដកម្ម ដោយធ្វើឲ្យការចោទប្រកាន់តំណាងសហជីពកើនដល់១៧នាក់ហើយនៅខែនេះតែមួយ។ ការចាប់ខ្លួនតំណាង ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14819/
Thousands go on strike at factories
About 5,000 workers went on strike at the M&aMp;V garMent factory in KaMpong Chhnang province yesterday, adding to the list of incidents at the factory in the past two years that has also included Mass faintings. Elsewhere, about 700 workers froM the Pine Great (CaMbodia) ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050965503/National/thousands-go-on-strike-at-factories.html
(English) More Than 1,000 Faintings Reported in Cambodian Factories This Year
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Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/faintings-08212014140815.html
Activists Stage Flash “Faint-Ins” at H&M, Gap to Protest Sweatshop Conditions
Dozens of human-rights activists are staging flash “faint-ins” at high-street retailers across Europe to illustrate the high incidence of mass fainting in Cambodia’s apparel factories. Protestors from the Clean Clothes Campaign, an alliance of organizations in 15 European countries dedicated to improving working conditions in ...
http://www.ecouterre.com/activists-stage-flash-faint-ins-at-hm-gap-to-protest-sweatshop-conditions/
Cambodia's garment workers confront multinationals
Since mid-January a group of illegally laid off Cambodian garment workers – mostly women – have been picketing the factory they worked in. Their objective was to stop the company, which closed down, owing the workers, collectively, about US$200,000 of unpaid wages, from removing the ...
Holdings draw veil over Mfone
When the owner of Kingsland garment factory fled the Kingdom last year, enough pressure was applied to its sourcing companies H&m and Walmart to persuade them through their intermediaries to compensate workers left jobless. Distance could no longer absolve them of responsibility. Just like the Kingsland ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013041865106/Business/holdings-draw-veil-over-mfone.html
Mind the wage gap
Most Mornings, garMent worker Vicheka buys food froM the street vendors outside her factory in KaMpong Chhnang province. The beef and pork dishes, she says, have a tendency to give workers a stoMach ache – a reputation forged long before Vicheka and her co-workers at ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092858979/National-news/mind-the-wage-gap.html
Thousands block National Road Two
Thousands of workers from the macau-owned m & V International manufacturing Ltd on Wednesday blocked National Road Two to demand better working conditions. The protestors have 11 lists of demands including bonuses of 4,000 riel ($1) for food, $3 for holiday pay, and $12 for ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZDEzMTc5YjNiNTc
Cambodian Garment Factories Come Under Scrutiny
A monitoring group backed by the United Nations said it would begin to publicize garment factories’ compliance with worker rights and safety standards in Cambodia, a controversial program that its organizers say will be the world’s most extensive initiative to improve working conditions at plants. The ...
Kate O'keeffe
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303818704579089810120675896.html
Factory Says Buyers Will Go to Burma if Protests Continue
A representative of a factory that produces clothing for international clothing brands H&m, Gap and Levi Strauss warned yesterday that its buyers will place orders elsewhere if the strike for higher wages and benefits in its two factories continues. An official at the American Center for ...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen, P. 24
http://www.cambodiadaily.com
Thousands protest outside Gladpeer Garment Factory
More than 2,000 workers deMonstrated in front of PhnoM Penh’s Gladpeer GarMent Factory yesterday, deManding a higher MiniMuM wage and several other concessions. The workers decided to strike after the Por Sen Chey district factory did not respond to repeated requests to raise their Monthly MiniMuM ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011560786/National/thousands-turn-out-for-strike.html
Phnom Penh Garment Factory Protest Resolved
More than 4,000 workers froM two PhnoM Penh garMent factories belonging to a coMpany that supplies international brands Gap, H&aMp;M and Levi Strauss returned to work yesterday after reaching an agreeMent with owners, union and factory representatives said yesterday. Eah Chip Eang, personnel Manager for SL ...
Shuttered schools, factories
With only about 10 per cent of its 1,000-person workforce at their stations by 8am yesterday, management at Hoyear (Cambodia) Garment Ltd cut its losses and announced that the factory would close for the next two days. Thousands across the capital opted out of work ...
Sean Teehan, Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/shuttered-schools-factories