Cambodia must make union draft law public: rights group

17 April 2014
Radio Free Asia
Civil society / Garments and textiles / Government / Human rights / Industries / Labor / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training / Office of the Council of Ministers / Social development / Unions
Ath Thon / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / CCAWDU / CCHR / Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union / Council of Ministers / Far Saly / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / GMAC / Hun Sen / ILO / Law on Trade Unions / Ministry of Labor / National Trade Union Coalition / Phay Siphan

Cambodia’s government should make public a proposed law aimed at regulating the country’s labor movement, a rights group said Thursday, amid concerns that it includes provisions for the suspension of unions and for severely restricting their right to freedom of association. Requests from civil society to review the Law on Trade Unions, which Prime Minister Hun Sen’s administration has pledged to adopt by the end of the year, have so far been denied, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) said in a briefing note. …

 Joshua Lipes
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