Factory shuts down, doesn’t pay salaries

11 June 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Economic policy and administration / Garments and textiles / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Unions
Adidas / Canadia Industrial Park / Gap / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / Hongkong Yufeng factory / Independence of Democratic Youth Trade Unions / Liv Tharin / Ocean Garment factory / T&K Garment factory

About 400 garment workers arrived for their shifts and monthly pay at Phnom Penh’s Hongkong Yufeng factory Tuesday only to find it shuttered and its owner nowhere to be found, workers’ representatives said. “Today is payday for the workers and since the employer did not have the money to provide to the workers, he ran away yesterday evening,” said Liv Tharin, president of the Independence of Democratic Youth Trade Unions. …

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