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Wing Star Widow in Limbo
- 3 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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Government officials have suggested the widow of the man crushed to death last month at the Wing Star Shoes factory, a supplier to Asics, will still be denied compensation from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), a labour rights worker said yesterday. American Center for International ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060366021/National/wing-star-widow-in-limbo.html
Underage, Overworked
- 29 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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Child labour is being used at a footwear factory owned by the same Taiwan-based company as Wing Star Shoes – where two workers were killed in a ceiling collapse this month – numerous employees have told the Post. A former Ying Dong employee said the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052965915/National/underage-overworked.html
Fear Remains as Factory Reopens
- 21 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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More than 20 people fainted yesterday at the Wing Star Shoes factory in Kampong Speu province, where two workers were crushed to death in a ceiling collapse last Thursday. Workers and union officials said an electrical short-circuit scared workers returning for the first time since the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052165744/National/fear-remains-as-factory-reopens.html
‘Take it or leave it’
- 20 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce
- American Center for International Labor Solidarity / ASICS / Asics supplier / But Rorn / Cambodia Defenders Project / Community Legal Education Center / compensation / Dave Welsh / Factory collapse / footwear factory / illegal construction / Kampong Speu Province / Kim Dany / Kong Pisei district / Manslaughter / Moeun Tola / neglect / negligence / Rim Roeun / shoes / shoes factory / Sim Srey Touch / Sok Sam Oeun / Sum Sophorn National Social Security Fund / Wing Star incident / Wing Star Shoes / Wing Star Shoes factory
The uncle of a man who died in Thursday’s ceiling collapse at the Wing Star Shoes factory in Kampong Speu province claimed yesterday that the company had threatened to give the family nothing if they did not agree to an on-the-spot payout. It came as a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052065719/National/take-it-or-leave-it.html