• Factory to Reopen After Mass Faintings

    Factory to Reopen After Mass Faintings

    • Released Date: 18-Feb-2015

    BY BEN SOKHEAN | FEBRUARY 18, 2015A garment factory in Svay Rieng province where more than 100 workers fainted in recent days invited six monks to drive out the buildings “bad spirits” on Tuesday and will reopen on Wednesday after agreeing to improve

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  • Malaysia work horrors aired

    Malaysia work horrors aired

    • Released Date: 28-Jan-2015

    Wed, 28 January 2015Sen David and Alice Cuddy When 26-year-old Toch Nai returned from Malaysia last year, the only “souvenirs” she says she brought back were the wounds she suffered from beatings.Nai, a domestic worker, endured four years of torture

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  • Unionising masseuses to protest alleged firing

    Unionising masseuses to protest alleged firing

    • Released Date: 26-Jan-2015

    Nearly 40 former employees at a Siem Reap province massage parlour will protest in front of its storefront today after management allegedly fired them for trying to introduce a labour union.Hammer Massage managers on Friday fired 43-year-old worker r

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  • NA commission sides with Memot disputants

    NA commission sides with Memot disputants

    • Released Date: 20-Jan-2015

    he National Assemblys Human Rights and Complaints Commission has asked the government to grant land titles to more than 500 families in Tbong Khmum whose land is claimed by a rubber plantation.Residents in Memot districts Tromoung commune have been f

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  • FTU vows boycott of Arbitration Council

    FTU vows boycott of Arbitration Council

    • Released Date: 20-Jan-2015

    Tue, 20 January 2015Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan One of Cambodias largest labour unions yesterday announced a boycott of the Arbitration Council, complaining that the labour disputes body disproportionately favours factories over unions and employees

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  • CCU lends protesters to Manhattan factory strike

    CCU lends protesters to Manhattan factory strike

    • Released Date: 20-Jan-2015

    Tue, 20 January 2015Mom Kunthear Inserting himself into a strike at a garment factory in Kampong Cham province, Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun led about 200 demonstrators to protest in front of the provincial labour department

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  • Manhattan factory strike returns to the streets

    Manhattan factory strike returns to the streets

    • Released Date: 14-Jan-2015

    Thu, 15 January 2015Mom Kunthear Thousands of people at a Kampong Cham province garment factory reignited a strike yesterday, protesting the factorys refusal to reinstate three fired union representatives, one of those representatives said.Protests b

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  • Garment Brands Say They Support the Minimum Wage

    Garment Brands Say They Support the Minimum Wage

    • Released Date: 13-Jan-2015

    WASHINGTON DC—Major brands say they will support a minimum wage of $128, which came into effect at the start of the year, and will continue to look to Cambodia as a major source of clothes and shoes.US retailers said they had been watching and advoca

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  • Wage hike not high for some

    Wage hike not high for some

    • Released Date: 12-Jan-2015

    Mon, 12 January 2015Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan Garment workers earning the minimum wage will soon receive a $28 per month raise, but striking employees at a Phnom Penh factory, who earned more than the legal base pay, argue that they should receive

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  • Garment Factories Report Major Drop in Strikes

    Garment Factories Report Major Drop in Strikes

    • Released Date: 12-Jan-2015

    BY ZSOMBOR PETER | JANUARY 12, 2015Both the number of strikes and the number of lost work days in Cambodias $5.5-billion garment industry decreased significantly last year after peaking in 2013, according to the latest industry figures.The countrys c

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  • Few Workers Satisfied, as Small Wage Increase Takes Effect

    Few Workers Satisfied, as Small Wage Increase Takes Effect

    • Released Date: 12-Jan-2015

    Related ArticlesA Year After Deadly Cambodia Protest, Families Await Answers Workers Say $128 Per Month Is Not Enough To Live OnLittle Union Support as Government Announces Raise in WagesCambodia Raises Garment Wage 28 Percent, Unions Say Not Enough

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  • Lor Peang Protesters Demand Commission Chair Step Down

    Lor Peang Protesters Demand Commission Chair Step Down

    • Released Date: 08-Jan-2015

    BY KUCH NAREN | JANUARY 9, 2015More than four months after first taking their complaint over a land dispute to the National Assemblys human rights commission, 50 villagers from Kompong Chhnang province on Thursday protested in front of the assembly,

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