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រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី៖ រដ្ឋាភិបាលកំពុងបង្ការហិង្សា និងការបៀតបៀនស្ដ្រីនៅកន្លែងធ្វើការ
រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការងារ និងបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាលវិជ្ជាជីវៈលោក អ៊ិត សំហេង បានអះអាងថា រដ្ឋាភិបាលបាននិងកំពុងប្ដេជ្ញាចិត្តក្នុងការបង្ការ និងលុបបំបាត់អំពើហិង្សាលើស្ត្រីចេញពីពិភពការងារជាអ្វីដែលសង្គមស៊ីវិលខ្លះនៅបារម្ភ ខណៈខ្លះគាំទ្រចំណាត់ការនេះ ប៉ុន្ដែចង់ឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលដាក់ចេញយន្តការជាក់លាក់ដើម្បីជួយស្ត្រីរងគ្រោះ។ ...
សុទ្ធ គឹមសឿន
https://bit.ly/2BvQG05
កម្មករ ត្រឡប់ចូលធ្វើការវិញ បន្ទាប់ពីមានការដួលរលំតំបូលរោងចក្រ
កម្មករដែលធ្វើការនៅក្នុងរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរមួយ ក្នុង ខេត្ត តាកែវ ដែលផ្នែកមួយនៃតំបូលរបស់គេបានបាក់កាលពីខែមុន បាននាំគ្នា ត្រឡប់ចូលធ្វើការវិញ កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ប៉ុន្តែនៅក្នុងអគារផ្សេងគ្នា។ ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-return-wake-factory-floor-collapse
ក្រុមហ៊ុនសម្លៀកបំពាក់ល្បីៗលំដាប់ពិភពលោកត្រូវបានភ្ជាប់ទៅនឹងរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរដែលអាម៉ាស់មុខ
ក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលត្រូវបានដាក់បញ្ចូលបន្ថែមចុងក្រោយបំផុតទៅក្នុងបញ្ជីឈ្មោះរោងចក្រគោរព ...
ស៊ុន ហេង និង ហ៊ូលលី រ៉ូបិនស៊ិន
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/17089/
ILO និយាយថា ការធ្វើឲ្យរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរអាម៉ាស់មុខនាំឲ្យបទដ្ឋានការងារប្រសើរឡើង
យោងតាមអង្គការពលកម្មអន្តរជាតិ ILOបានឲ្យដឹងថា ការបញ្ចេញឈ្មោះ និងការធ្វើ ...
ហ៊ូលលី រ៉ូបិនស៊ិន និង ស៊ុន ហេង
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/16753/
កម្មវិធីរោងចក្រកាន់តែប្រសើរនៅកម្ពុជា មិនបង្ហាញទំនាក់ទំនងរវាងរោងចក្រល្មើសច្បាប់និងម្ចាស់ម៉ាក
អគាររោងចក្រ យូអេសអេ ហ្វូលី ហ្វៀលហ្គាមិន (USA Fully Field Garment) ដែលមានទីតាំងស្ថិតក្នុងខណ្ឌមានជ័យ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះមិនមានអ្វីនៅខាងក្នុងទេ ហើយនៅខាងក្រោមមានសំរាមរាយបា៉ាយ និងឡាំងពេញដោយស្លាកសម្គាល់ម៉ាកសម្លៀក ...
Simon Henderson និង ឃី សុវុទ្ធី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12876/
រោងចក្រកាត់ដេរកម្ពុជាព្យាយាមដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាកម្មករមិនទាន់គ្រប់អាយុ
នោះក្នុងទីក្រុងឆ្នេរសមុទ្រស្ងប់ស្ងាត់ លីម លឿង និយាយថា នាងបានចំណាយពេល ៨០ម៉ោង ក្នុងមូយសប្តាហ៏ដោយបិទបាតស្បែកជើងនៅក្នុងរោងចក្រមួយដែលបំរើការអោយក្រុមហ៊ុនជាច្រើនរូមបញ្ចូលទាំងក្រុមហ៊ុនផលិតស្បែកជើងជប៉ុន អេហ្ស៊ិក ខបប៉ូរេសិន។ រោងចក្រនេះជឿជាក់ថាអ្នកនាង លីម គឺមានអាយុយ៉ាងតិច១៨ឆ្នាំ។ ...
Kate O' Keeffe
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303799404579287353595133592
New hope for SL strike resolution
With union and company officials at one of Asia’s largest garment factories making no progress in resolving a strike that has lasted nearly three months, a pair of labour relation groups are working on an agreement that all sides hope will end the deadlock. officials from ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-hope-sl-strike-resolution
CAMBODIA: H&M calls for annual minimum wage review
The Cambodian government should construct an effective annual review system for the minimum wage to ease worker unrest, according to clothing retail giant H&M. The Swedish company’s comments came after CEO Karl-Johan Persson visited the country in mid-October, meeting Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen and other ...
Richard Woodard
http://www.just-style.com/news/hm-calls-for-annual-minimum-wage-review_id119576.aspx
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
ILO Initiative Could Unravel Cambodia’s Garment Industry: Manufacturers
A move by the International Labour Organization to name and shame garment producers in Cambodia that flout workers’ rights and safety standards could damage the industry’s reputation and result in a drastic reduction in orders from buyers abroad, according to a senior manufacturing official. Last week, ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/initiative-10042013150820.html
GMAC Urges Factories to Resist New Monitoring
Following the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) announcement that its Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program will from January name and shame firms that contravene Cambodian labor laws, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has urged factory operators to refuse entry to ILO monitors, unless they ...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gmac-urges-factories-to-resist-new-monitoring-44006/
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
Real Wages in Garment Sector Fell Over 10 Years
Wages for Cambodian garment workers decreased by more than 20 percent in real terms between 2001 and 2011 despite the industry’s exponential increase in exports, which in 2012 were valued at more than $4 billion, according to a recent report by a U.S.-based workers advocacy ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wages-in-garment-sector-fell-22-over-10-years-34788/
Garment Exports Booming Despite Concerns
Despite criticisms over safety, outbreaks of sometimes violent industrial action and a raise in the minimum wage that it was warned would scare off manufacturers, Cambodia’s garment sector is booming, according to government figures. A report on state newswire Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Friday said ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/garment-exports-booming-despite-concerns-34035/
Cambodia Falls Short as Garment-Industry Model
This small Southeast Asian country was supposed to become a model for the world apparel industry, with tough factory monitoring and strong worker protections. But a dozen years after the United Nations’ International Labour Organization launched a program to manage Cambodia’s booming garment trade—the first of ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324423904578521240151597504.html
Corruption worse than in Bangladesh: NGO
In a country where corruption is as rife as it is in Cambodia, global brands must work with governments to ensure garment factories are safe and working conditions legal, international NGO Transparency International (TI) said yesterday. In Cambodia, where two workers were killed when a ceiling ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061266221/National/corruption-worse-than-in-bangladesh-ngo.html
Factories Asked to Voluntarily Assess Safety
The Garment Manufactures Association of Cambodia (GMAC) and International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia yesterday asked factory owners to voluntarily conduct structural audits on their buildings in light of building collapses at two garment factories that killed two people and injured 23. “In the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factories-asked-to-voluntarily-assess-safety-27319/
Cambodia: A rising star with a falling reputation?
Cambodia’s reputation as a standard-bearer for apparel workers’ rights is wearing thin – and yet the country is a rising star when it comes to attracting foreign investment and increasing exports. There are many reasons to deter brands and retailers from sourcing clothing in Cambodia. The Kingdom ...
http://www.just-style.com/analysis/a-rising-star-with-a-falling-reputation_id117944.aspx
ILO to name unsafe Cambodia garment factories
The ILO is preparing to name Cambodian garment factories failing to comply with local safety requirements. The International Labour Organisation says Cambodian garment factories refusing to comply with safety requirements have one last chance before they are named and shamed. Jill Tucker, chief technical advisor for ...
ASICS Wants Monitoring Of Cambodian Sub-Contractors After Accident
The Japanese athletics brand ASICS said Friday that it would push its four Cambodian sub-contractors to join a programme that monitors conditions in garment and shoe factories. “We will strongly request to our sub-contractors in Cambodia to sign up to this programme,” Katsumi Funakoshi, ASICS ...
After Factory Collapse, Questions Mount Over ILO Monitoring
Labor rights activists and a government official accused the International Labor Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program of ineffectiveness in its monitoring of factory conditions following a deadly ceiling collapse on Thursday at a shoe factory in Kompong Speu province. Moeun Tola, labor program head of the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-factory-collapse-questions-mount-over-ilo-monitoring-24860/
Cambodian factory deaths shine spotlight on conditions
The deaths of at least two Cambodian workers and injuries sustained by 10 colleagues at a shoe factory southwest of Phnom Penh once more shine a light on conditions in the global garment manufacturing industry. Thursday’s accident at the Wing Star Shoe factory in the Cambodian ...
http://www.dw.de/cambodian-factory-deaths-shine-spotlight-on-conditions/a-16819017
ILO Says Fire Safety Measures Lacking in Garment Sector
Cambodia’s garment industry is experiencing a worrying rise in fire safety violations as factories struggle to cope with a sharp increase in the number of orders they are receiving, the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) said in a report on Thursday. The ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ilo-says-fire-safety-measures-lacking-in-garment-sector-18628/
Monitoring for Nothing: Is the ILO’s ‘Better Factories’ programme failing the Kingdom’s garment workers?
The United Nations in Cambodia has taken a beating in recent months. The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has been plagued by high-profile resignations and accusations of political interference. Elsewhere human rights activists have criticised the UN’s failure to take a firm stance against an increasingly ...
Frédéric Janssens
http://sea-globe.com/monitoring-for-nothing/