• Workers Take Pay Dispute to Ministry of Labor

    Workers Take Pay Dispute to Ministry of Labor

    • Released Date: 26-Aug-2014

    BY BEN SOKHEAN | AUGUST 26, 2014Hundreds of garment workers traveled from a Kompong Chhnang factory to Phnom Penh on Monday to petition the Ministry of Labor to intervene in their dispute with factory management.About 3,000 workers from the Chinese-o

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  • Factories Ask Govt to Punish Strike Leaders

    Factories Ask Govt to Punish Strike Leaders

    • Released Date: 25-Aug-2014

    BY BEN SOKHEAN | AUGUST 25, 2014The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) over the weekend released a statement condemning an ongoing strike at a Kompong Chhnang garment factory and urging authorities to “punish the perpetrators.”About

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  • Rubber Giant to Hear Villagers Complaints

    Rubber Giant to Hear Villagers Complaints

    • Released Date: 24-Aug-2014

    BY MATT BLOMBERG | AUGUST 23, 2014More than 15 months after a Global Witness report revealed that Vietnams state-owned rubber giant had illegally cleared land and displaced communities in Cambodia, the company has announced that it will accept and re

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  • Land-Dispute Villagers Protest Outside Cabinet Meeting

    Land-Dispute Villagers Protest Outside Cabinet Meeting

    • Released Date: 23-Aug-2014

    BY KHUON NARIM | AUGUST 23, 2014Three protesters were arbitrarily thrown onto municipal security trucks and driven away from a demonstration on Friday outside the Council of Ministers building, where Prime Minister Hun Sen had called a meeting to dis

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  • Striking Factory Workers Thwart Police Arrests

    Striking Factory Workers Thwart Police Arrests

    • Released Date: 22-Aug-2014

    BY BEN SOKHEAN | AUGUST 22, 2014Police in Kompong Chhnang province on Thursday were prevented from arresting workers and union officials outside a Samakki Meanchey district garment factory by a mob of irate protesters who pulled two of their colleagu

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  • Parties promise KDC solutions

    Parties promise KDC solutions

    • Released Date: 22-Aug-2014

    Fri, 22 August 2014Pech Sotheary Lawmakers from both the ruling party and the opposition yesterday met with and promised Kampong Chhnang villagers they would seek a solution in their 12-year-long land dispute with KDC International.Five Cambodia Nati

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  • Woman Arrested in Kampot Land Dispute

    Woman Arrested in Kampot Land Dispute

    • Released Date: 21-Aug-2014

    BY SEK ODOM | AUGUST 21, 2014A 67-year-old woman from Kampot province was arrested Wednesday for attempting to prevent a construction company from clearing land she says belongs to her, police said.The arrested woman, Hin Srin, is part of a group of

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  • Levi redues buying garment product from Cambodia

    Levi redues buying garment product from Cambodia

    • Released Date: 30-May-2014

    ដោយ ម៉ៅ សុធានី2014-05-30ក្រុមហ៊ុនបញ្ជាទិញសម្លៀកបំពាក់ លេវ៉ាយ ស្ត្រស (Levi Strauss) ប្រកាសបន្ថយការបញ្ជាទិញផលិតផលកាត់ដេរពីរោងចក្រនានានៅកម្ពុជា បន្ទាប់ពីមានសកម្មភាពបង្ក្រាបហិង្សារបស់អាជ្ញាធរកម្ពុជា ទៅលើក្រុមកម្មករកម្មការិនី ដែលតវ៉ាទាមទារដំឡើងប្រាក់ខែគោល

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  • Iffy factory supplying LAs finest

    Iffy factory supplying LAs finest

    • Released Date: 21-Apr-2014

    Mon, 21 April 2014Sean TeehanA Phnom Penh-based factory supplying uniforms for police officers and firefighters in the US city of Los Angeles continues to break Cambodian labour laws, a report to be publicly released today says.Kin Tai Garment factor

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  • Nationwide Garment Factory Strike Sputters Into Second Day

    Nationwide Garment Factory Strike Sputters Into Second Day

    • Released Date: 19-Apr-2014

    BY SEK ODOM AND MATT BLOMBERG | APRIL 19, 2014A few garment factories resumed operations in Phnom Penh on Friday, albeit at reduced capacity, as thousands of workers returned to the city after Khmer New Year celebrations in the provinces.While the ma

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  • Brands ‘violating contract rights

    Brands ‘violating contract rights

    • Released Date: 18-Apr-2014

    Fri, 18 April 2014Alice CuddyExclusive use of short-term contracts continues to impede progress in Cambodias garment sector, with major brands still sourcing from factories violating the statutory two-year limit on temporary employment, labour rights

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  • Cambodia Must Make Union Draft Law Public: Rights Group

    Cambodia Must Make Union Draft Law Public: Rights Group

    • Released Date: 18-Apr-2014

    2014-04-17Cambodias government should make public a proposed law aimed at regulating the countrys labor movement, a rights group said Thursday, amid concerns that it includes provisions for the suspension of unions and for severely restricting their

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