Labor committee announces minimum wage

The Labor Advisory Committee issued a joint statement on the decision to raise wages from $61 to $80 per month for garment and footwear workers. The statement was announced Friday, after a meeting between factory employers, union leaders and Labor Minister, Vong Soth. … The wage provision of $80 a month has to be adopted on May 1st. … Ath Thon, President of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), who forced himself to accept the decision, said,” the decision to increase wage by $80 per month for workers was made by the government.” “We have to adopt this decision even though we don’t like it,” he said. …

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