Cambodian garment workers rally over jobs

5 September 2013
MSN NZ News
Garments and textiles / Government / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Manufacturing / Unions
ASICS / Ath Thorn / Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) / International Labour Organisation (ILO) / Japanese aid / Meas Sotha / Phnom Penh City Hall / SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd / Taiwan / The Australian Federal Police (AFP)

Around 4000 Cambodian garment workers are protesting after a factory supplying global brands including Gap and H&M fired hundreds of their colleagues for striking over conditions.

Union leaders said the Singapore-owned SL Garment Processing factory fired 720 workers on Wednesday while more than 5000 others were suspended after a two-week long strike. …

The workers on Thursday marched about 10 kilometres from the factory to Phnom Penh’s City Hall to urge the government to intervene in the dispute. …

The multibillion-dollar industry employs about 650,000 people and is a key source of foreign income for the impoverished country. …

The kingdom was failing to make progress in areas such as worker and fire safety and the use of child labour, the ILO said in a report. …

 MSN NZ News Staff
http://news.msn.co.nz/worldnews/8718648/cambodian-garment-workers-rally-over-jobs