CNRP backing wage demand

CNRP backing wage demand

The Phnom Penh Post

“Out [of] or in parliament the CNRP continues to fully support the workers' demand for a decent minimum wage,” party leader Sam Rainsy told the Post yesterday, adding that if firms stopped paying bribes to government officials, they could afford $177 ...

Mobile phone quiz educates Cambodian factory workers

Mobile phone quiz educates Cambodian factory workers

SciDev.Net

Kamako Chhnoeum, meaning 'outstanding worker' in Khmer, is run by the Better Factories Cambodia initiative, which is part of a global partnership between UN agency the International Labour Organization and the International Finance Corporation, part of ...

Proposal Aims to Bring Workers' Voices to Negotiating Table

Proposal Aims to Bring Workers' Voices to Negotiating Table

The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia is insisting on new wage of $110, in line with the government's plan to incrementally raise the floor wage to $160 by 2018. Jill Tucker, chief technical adviser for the ILO's Better Factories Cambodia ...

'Poison Fumes Strike 500 Workers'

'Poison Fumes Strike 500 Workers'

AllAfrica.com

Mduduzi C. Gina, TUCOSWA First Deputy Secretary General, said, 'It is more disturbing to learn that the management of the company locked the exit points of the factory shell when workers wanted to escape from inhaling the lethal substance.' Gina said ...

A Busy Week at Court Expected for Union Leader Ath Thorn

A Busy Week at Court Expected for Union Leader Ath Thorn

The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

In the cases, Mr. Thorn is accused of stealing $93,000 out of a 2013 labor dispute payout, inciting protesters at a Phnom Penh factory in September, and committing aggravated acts of violence and property damage during nationwide protests in January ...

Big business will force change in garment trade, vows Wall St boss

Big business will force change in garment trade, vows Wall St boss

HITC

Big business and financial investors, not consumers, will force better conditions in the world's textile factories, according to the head of an investment firm aiming to pump $500m (£306m) into creating a more ethical garment industry. With his Italian .