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Factories mostly skip minimum wage meeting

Government officials and union representatives met behind closed doors Thursday to start hashing out a better way to set the minimum wage for the country’s all-important but troubled garment sector at a workshop brokered by the International Labor Organization (ILO). But what was supposed to be ...

Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factories-mostly-skip-minimum-wage-meeting-57337/

Cambodia has 960 garment, footwear factories: labor minister

Garment and footwear industry, Cambodia’s largest foreign exchange earner, currently consists of 960 factories, employing some 620,000 workers, labor minister Ith Samheng said Thursday. The sector made a revenue of 5.5 billion U.S. dollars last year, accounting for around 80 percent of the country’s total exports, ...

Asean - China Centre News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-04/24/c_133287164.htm

Cambodia's 64 trade unions urge gov't to take legal action against gangster unions

Cambodia’s 64 trade unions on Wednesday asked the Minister of Labor Ith Samheng to take serious legal action against some gangster unions that have caused riots and illegal strikes as well as intimidations to their members in protests, according to a joint letter. “We’d like to ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/22/c_133066064.htm

Cambodia: Pro-opposition's trade unions rally against low wage hike for 2014

An estimated 3,000 garment workers from various factories rallied at the capital’s Freedom Park on Wednesday to protest against the low wage hike for 2014. The strike was led by pro-opposition trade unions. It happened a day after the government decided to raise a monthly minimum ...

Voice of Russia News Staff
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_12_25/Cambodia-Pro-oppositions-trade-unions-rally-against-low-wage-hike-for-2014-4683/

SL Garment Protesters Gain Little From Talks at Labor Ministry

A two-day meeting between union leaders, senior government officials and representatives of the SL Gar­ment Factory failed Tuesday to reach a solution for factory workers, who have been on strike since early August and on Monday demonstrated in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Phnom ...

Ben Woods and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sl-garment-protesters-gain-little-from-talks-at-labor-ministry-45708/

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