Angkor Restorers ink first bargaining pact

ថ្ងៃទី ៣១ ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ២០១២
ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍
ពលកម្ម / គោលនយោបាយ និងការគ្រប់គ្រងពលកម្ម / សុវត្ថិភាព និងសុខភាពក្នុងការងារ / ការអភិវឌ្ឍសង្គម / សន្តិសុខសង្គម និងអតីតយុទ្ធជន / សហជីព
Angkor Preservation Workers Union / Angkor Wat temples / APWU / សហព័ន្ធសហជីពកម្មករសំណង់និងព្រៃឈើកម្ពុជា / វិស័យសំណង់ / កម្មករសំណង់ / cultural heritage preservation / labor workers / restoration workers / មូលនិធិប្រាសាទពិភពលោក

Under the shade of Angkor’s canopies and twisted Banyan trees, more than 100 restoration workers watched yesterday afternoon as union delegates signed their first collective bargaining agreement, in what union advocates say should set a precedent for Cambodia’s construction industry. Over the past two years, the workers had campaigned for insurance that would cover injury and illness, union rights, wages and other benefits. Dave Welsh, country director of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity, said the workers had formed the independent Angkor Preservation Workers Union in 2010 and had waited a long time to collectively bargain with employer the World Monuments Fund. … Van Thol, vice president of the Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia, of which the APWU is part, said wages would increase from $79 to $90 per month. …

 Claire Knox and Mom Kunthear, P. 5
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