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Governments Trade Union Law May Limit Freedom of Association
- Released Date: 13-Mar-2014
BY HUL REAKSMEY AND COLIN MEYN | MARCH 13, 2014A draft trade union law that the government has pledged to introduce by the end of the year includes provisions that will allow for unions to be suspended if their activities are deemed illegal, the head
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Riot Police Ready for Action, Protests on Standby
- Released Date: 13-Mar-2014
BY KHY SOVUTHY | MARCH 13, 2014About 100 Daun Penh district riot police on Wednesday held exercises in Phnom Penhs Freedom Park in preparation for possible industrial action in a week that garment workers unions had called for a mass stay-at-home str
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‘Only paying lip service
- Released Date: 12-Mar-2014
Wed, 12 March 2014May Titthara and Kevin PonniahPrime Minister Hun Sen yesterday accused the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party of hypocrisy, claiming that although the CNRP has pushed garment workers to strike for no less than a $160 minimum
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Six Unions Suspend ‘Stay At Home Garment Strike
- Released Date: 12-Mar-2014
BY MECH DARA | MARCH 12, 2014The majority of garment factory unions organizing a nationwide stay-at-home strike among their members, which was set to begin today, decided to delay their plans until next month following a meeting among union leaders T
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Planned strike delayed; some vow to press on
- Released Date: 12-Mar-2014
Wed, 12 March 2014Mom Kunthear and Shane WorrellSixteen of 18 union groups planning the biggest industrial action since security forces shot dead at least four people in January agreed yesterday to postpone a stay-at-home garment strike until after t
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Strike may be shifted to post-holiday date
- Released Date: 11-Mar-2014
Tue, 11 March 2014Mom KunthearA stay-at-home garment strike scheduled for tomorrow is in doubt after a number of workers and unionists urged that it be postponed until after the Khmer New Year, a union leader said yesterday.Pav Sina, president of the
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Womens day forum blocked
- Released Date: 10-Mar-2014
2014-03-08 15:03 by Daniel Quinlan, Marta Soszynska and David BoyleA show of force by authorities today at Freedom Park suppressed a planned public forum on garment industry issues, causing union leaders to cancel the event timed to International Wom
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GMAC Applauds Government Decision to Screen Union Leaders
- Released Date: 10-Mar-2014
BY HUL REAKSMEY | MARCH 10, 2014The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) issued a statement on Friday applauding the Ministry of Labors decision to start requiring union leaders to prove that they have a clean criminal record before r
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After blockade, unions plot next move
- Released Date: 10-Mar-2014
Mon, 10 March 2014Sean Teehan, Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sen DavidUnion federations today will finalise their strategy for a stay-at-home strike scheduled to start on Wednesday, amid recent government and police suppression of union activity.Unions w
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Garment unions: the call for women to represent women
- Released Date: 07-Mar-2014
Fri, 7 March 2014Bennett MurrayOf Cambodias nearly half a million garment workers, 90 per cent are women. Their unions have played a major role in Cambodian politics recently as their demand for a $160 monthly minimum wage has become a rallying cry f
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Govt passes buck on faintings
- Released Date: 07-Mar-2014
Fri, 7 March 2014Mom KunthearMass faintings in Cambodias garment factories do not occur as a result of long hours and arduous working conditions, but from workers failure to care for their own health, according to the National Social Security Fund (N
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Union Reps Must Prove Clean Criminal Records
- Released Date: 07-Mar-2014
BY KHY SOVUTHY AND COLIN MEYN | MARCH 7, 2014The government now requires union leaders to prove that they have no criminal record before registering new branches of their organization, according to a statement from the Ministry of Labor, a decision t
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