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Factory Orders Staff Back to Work Amid Safety Concerns

20 May 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Labor
American Center for International Labor Solidarity Country Manager David Welsh / ASICS / ASICS spokesman Katsumi Funakoshi / building permits / Calmette hospital / Community Legal Education Center / Community Legal Education Center labor program head Moeun Tola / Community Legal Education Centre / Community Legal Education Centre labour programme head Moeun Tola / compensation / construction / construction standards / David Welsh / Factories / Factory collapse / factory construction / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia chairman Van Sou Leng / health and safety regulations / illegal construction / Im Chhun Lim / Japanese aid / Japanese sports brand ASICS / Katsumi Funakoshi / Kobe / Kompong Speu / Kompong Speu Province / Kompong Speu provincial construction department / Kompong Speu provincial construction department bureau chief Mam Narey / Kompong Speu provincial department of land management / Kong Pisei district / labor / labor rights / labour / labour rights / Ly Hour / Mam Narey / Minister of Land Management Im Chhun Lim / Ministry of Land Management / Moeun Tola / Phnom Penh / Shoe factories / shoes / Van Sou Leng / Wing Star factory / Wing Star Shoes / Wing Star Shoes Co Ltd / Wing Star Shoes factory representative Ly Hour / worker conditions / worker rights

Employees at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in Kompong Speu province where two workers were killed when one of the building’s floors collapsed on Thursday have been ordered back to work today, despite ongoing concerns from labor activists about the building’s safety. While conceding that some parts ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-orders-staff-back-to-work-amid-safety-concerns-25192/

ILO Says Fire Safety Measures Lacking in Garment Sector

Cambodia’s garment industry is experiencing a worrying rise in fire safety violations as factories struggle to cope with a sharp increase in the number of orders they are receiving, the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) said in a report on Thursday. The ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ilo-says-fire-safety-measures-lacking-in-garment-sector-18628/

Casino workers have win, but fight goes on

11 September 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Industries / Tourism
Cambodia's casinos / Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation / casinos / CTSWF / Disputes / gambling industry / Labor unions / Poipet / Tropicana Casino / worker conditions / workers rights

Threats of strike from about 500 employees of the Tropicana Casino in Poipet were quieted yesterday as workers secured a small victory after management agreed to improve worker conditions and enter talks over their sacked union leader. Morm Rithy, president of union Cambodian Tourism and Service ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012091158618/National-news/casino-workers-have-won-but-fight-goes-on.html

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