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បណ្ដាសហជីពដែលគាំទ្ររដ្ឋាភិបាលអំពាវនាវឲ្យមានការចាត់វិធានការប្រឆាំងនឹងកូដកម្ម
បណ្ដាសហជីពដែលគាំទ្ររដ្ឋាភិបាលរបស់លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បានចេញសេចក្ដីថ្លែងការណ៍មួយកាលពីម្សិលមិញ អំពាវនាវឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាល “ចាត់វិធានការ” ប្រឆាំងមេដឹកនាំសហជីព ដែលពួកគេចោទ ប្រកាន់ថា បានញុះញង់កម្មករឲ្យធ្វើកូដកម្ម និងបាតុកម្មហិង្សា។ សហជីពគាំទ្រគណបក្សកាន់អំណាចទាំងនេះ ...
សហជីពសេរីកម្មករចេញផ្សាយរបាយការណ៍ថា ចំនួនកូដកម្មកើនឡើង៣៥ភាគរយក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ សហជីពសេរីកម្មករ បានចេញផ្សាយរបាយការណ៍អំពីកំណើនសរុបនៃចំនួនកូដកម្មនៅតាមសាខាមូលដ្ឋានរបស់ខ្លួនកាលពីឆ្នាំមុន ពោលគឺចំនួនកូដកម្មសរុបបានកើនឡើងដល់១៣៦ ក្នុងរយៈពេល១១ខែដើមឆ្នាំ២០១៣ បើប្រៀបធៀបជាមួយឆ្នាំ ...
សេក ឧត្តម
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9377/
សហជីពប្រាប់កម្មករទាំងអស់ឲ្យផ្អាកកូដកម្មជាបណ្តោះអាសន្ន
សហជីពនៅពីក្រោយកូដកម្មនៅតាមរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរកាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុន បានលើកឡើងថា សមាជិកមួយចំនួនធំរបស់ខ្លួនបានវិលត្រឡប់ទៅធ្វើការវិញនៅសប្តាហ៍នេះ ប៉ុន្តែ ពួកគេមិនបានច្រានចោល ...
GMAC និយាយការពារកងកម្លំាងប្រដាប់អាវុធដែលសម្លាប់កម្មករ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ សមាជិកជាន់ខ្ពស់ម្នាក់នៃសមាគមរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរនៅកម្ពុជាហៅកាត់ថា GMAC បានសម្ដែងការគាំទ្រចំពោះការប្រើអំពើហិង្សាបណ្ដាលឲ្យមានមនុស្សស្លាប់ពីសំណាក់កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថលើកម្មករកម្មការិនីធ្វើកូដកម្មដែលអំឡុងពេលនោះ មនុស្សប្រាំនាក់បា ...
អូន ភាព និង Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9098/
រោងចក្រកាត់ដេរកម្ពុជាព្យាយាមដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាកម្មករមិនទាន់គ្រប់អាយុ
នោះក្នុងទីក្រុងឆ្នេរសមុទ្រស្ងប់ស្ងាត់ លីម លឿង និយាយថា នាងបានចំណាយពេល ៨០ម៉ោង ក្នុងមូយសប្តាហ៏ដោយបិទបាតស្បែកជើងនៅក្នុងរោងចក្រមួយដែលបំរើការអោយក្រុមហ៊ុនជាច្រើនរូមបញ្ចូលទាំងក្រុមហ៊ុនផលិតស្បែកជើងជប៉ុន អេហ្ស៊ិក ខបប៉ូរេសិន។ រោងចក្រនេះជឿជាក់ថាអ្នកនាង លីម គឺមានអាយុយ៉ាងតិច១៨ឆ្នាំ។ ...
Kate O' Keeffe
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303799404579287353595133592
Cambodian garment manufacturers, trade unionists talk over pay rise with no agreement
Cambodia’s garment manufacturers and trade unionists on Monday began a negotiation on pay rise for garment workers in 2014 but reached no any agreement because the union representatives demanded to double the current wage. The talk was made between the employers represented by Nang Sothy, co-chair ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/16/c_132972280.htm
Factory Owners Slam Government Over Handling of Strikes
Members of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) said during a conference Sunday that they are “fed up” with the government for not controlling strikes by labor unions. “All of us have the same issue: illegal strikes,” Van Porphin, a member of GMAC’s executive committee, ...
Colin Meyn and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-owners-slam-government-over-handling-of-strikes-49352/
CNRP Requests Migrant Worker Draft Agreement
The opposition CNRP has written to the embassies of Singapore and Malaysia requesting copies of draft agreements with the Cambodian government on sending migrant workers to the countries that they say they were not privy to. A Ministry of Labor official last month said the government ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-requests-migrant-worker-draft-agreement-48622/
Cambodia to set 2014 wage for garment workers next month
The Ministry of Labour, Government of Cambodia, would set the 2014 minimum wage for garment workers next month, reports The Phnom Penh Post. A working group consisting of representatives of the Garment Manufacturers’ Association in Cambodia (GMAC), workers’ representatives and factory managers met officials at ...
Fibers2fashion News Staff
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=156451
Labor Ministry Says Brands Hold Key to Wages
The minimum wage for garment factory workers can only be raised if international clothing brands sourcing from Cambodia pay more for their products, a Ministry of Labor official said Tuesday. Khieu Savuth, chief of the Ministry of Labor’s labor conflict commission, laid down the challenge a ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/labor-ministry-says-brands-hold-key-to-wages-47966/
Cambodian Unions Call for Doubling of Minimum Wage for Factory Workers
Four trade unions on Tuesday demanded that Cambodia’s garment and footwear manufacturers raise the minimum wage of their workers and provide them with additional benefits, threatening a nationwide strike and demonstrations if they do not comply. In a joint letter to the Van Sou Ieng, president ...
Radio free Asia
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/wages-11262013151923.html
SL Workers Demand Representatives Reinstated
About 200 workers protested outside SL Garment Factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district Wednesday demanding that managers reinstate 19 union representatives before a 15-day deadline set by the government elapses. The Council of Ministers has ordered the factory to rehire the fired unionists or face punitive ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sl-workers-demand-representatives-reinstated-47539/
Factory Ordered To Hire Back Union Leaders After Violent Protest
The government has ordered the SL Garment factory to rehire 19 worker representatives, following a brutal crackdown on demonstrators outside the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen last week. In a letter to the company, Khun Chinken, undersecretary of state for the Ministry of Labor, said ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/factory-ordered-to-hire-back-union-leaders-after-violent-protest/1792644.html
Hun Sen Set to Weigh In on SL Garment Factory Dispute
Officials at the Ministry of Labor who mediated talks Wednesday between the management of SL Garment Factory and union leaders who have led a three-month-long strike at the factory said that they would send the results of the meeting to Prime Minister Hun Sen to ...
Khuon Narim and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-set-to-weigh-in-on%E2%80%88sl%E2%80%88garment%E2%80%88factory-dispute-46952/
US Ambassador Advises More Labor Skills as Asean Integrates
US Ambassador William Todd on Thursday urged the Cambodian government to strengthen the skills of its laborers, in order to meet the needs of an integrated Asean in 2015. The 10 Southeast Asian countries that comprise Asean are all moving toward an integrated economic block, which ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-ambassador-advises-more-labor-skills-as-asean-integrates/1785729.html
Malaysia Says No Draft Agreement on Maids Yet
Malaysia has not yet received a draft agreement aimed at protecting Cambodian migrant domestic workers from abuse, but the government is pressing Cambodia to lift its two-year moratorium on sending maids, a Malaysian official said Wednesday. In October 2011, Prime Minister Hun Sen imposed a ban ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/malaysia-says-no-draft-agreement-on-maids-yet-46399/
SL Garment Protesters Gain Little From Talks at Labor Ministry
A two-day meeting between union leaders, senior government officials and representatives of the SL Garment Factory failed Tuesday to reach a solution for factory workers, who have been on strike since early August and on Monday demonstrated in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Phnom ...
Ben Woods and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sl-garment-protesters-gain-little-from-talks-at-labor-ministry-45708/
Police Train at Freedom Park as Protesters Target Hun Sen’s House
As hundreds of riot police conducted protest suppression drills in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday morning, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s mansion in the center of the city was the focal point of a demonstration by some 2,000 garment factory workers. Municipal police, along with 16 ...
Aun Pheap and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-train-at-freedom-park-as-protesters-target-hun-sens-house-2-45638/
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/
Levi Strauss Pulls Out From Embattled SL Garment Factory
A Singaporean-owned garment factory whose workers have been on strike since early August is no longer producing clothes for American denim giant Levi Strauss, a brand representative and a factory worker said Monday. The workers of SL Garment Factory in Meanchey district—which still makes clothes for ...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/levi-strauss-pulls-out-from-embattled-sl-garment-factory-44015/
Five More Years For Hun Sen; Some Ministers Reshuffled
A day after its opening session and still devoid of the 55 lawmakers-elect of the opposition CNRP, the country’s new, one-party National Assembly voted Prime Minister Hun Sen in for yet another five-year term Tuesday and approved an extensive reshuffle of his Cabinet. In a ...
Hul Reaksmey and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/five-more-years-for-hun-sen-some-ministers-reshuffled-43133/
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
Speaking in tongues: Young Cambodians learning foreign languages to improve economic opportunities
In the globalised world, being able to communicate in more than one language is becoming essential for many people seeking rewarding careers. Young Cambodians have taken this message to heart and are learning Cambodia is slowly moving up the development ladder but low-wage factory labour still ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/365365/speaking-in-tongues