Iffy factory supplying LA’s finest

21 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Economy and commerce / Garments and textiles / Industries / Labor / Labor arbitration / Labor policy and administration / Manufacturing / Safety and health at work / Social development
5.11 Tactical / Arbitration Council / Better Factories Cambodia / BFC / CLEC / Community Legal Education Center / Dave Welsh / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / GMAC / ILO / International Labour Organization / Kin Tai garment factory / labour law / Los Angeles / Moeun Tola / Solidarity Center / Taiwan / United States aid / Worker Rights Consortium / WRC

A Phnom Penh-based factory supplying uniforms for police officers and firefighters in the US city of Los Angeles continues to break Cambodian labour laws, a report to be publicly released today says. Kin Tai Garment factory, a supplier to 5.11 Tactical – which sells the uniforms to the Los Angeles municipality – has made little to no effort to address myriad violations the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) brought to the attention of the factory during an eight-month inquiry, the report says. The report from the inquiry, which ended in November, singled out three main areas of noncompliance: labour contracts, benefits and health and safety issues. …

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