Proposal aims to bring workers’ voices to negotiating table

6 September 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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A proposed project hopes to channel the widespread use of mobile phones among factory workers to bring the voice of the 600,000 Cambodians employed in the crucial garment sector into future wage negotiations.

The project, which would collect information about working hours, conditions, wages and expenses of garment workers, is seeking to win a share of a $130,000 award from the Innovating Justice Forum’s Living Wage Innovation Challenge. …

 Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/proposal-aims-to-bring-workers-voices-to-negotiating-table-67629/