Nike Visits Over Recent Faintings at Factory
Representatives from US sports brand Nike will arrive today to investigate last week’s mass faintings at their supplier factory in Kompong Speu province, officials from the Labor Ministry and an International Labor Organization (ILO) representative said yesterday. Pok Vanthath, deputy director of vocational safety for the Labor Ministry’s health department, said a group of Nike representatives will meet him today to discuss the two separate fainting incidents last week at the Taiwanese-owned Sabrina Garment Factory in Samraong Tong district, which employs more than 6,000 workers. … On Wednesday, more than 100 female workers fainted, an incident that Mr. Vanthath attributed to the fumes of industrial-strength glue, which the factory owner was using to place tiles. However, after renovations were completed and work resumed on Friday, 300 workers fainted again. …
