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Dam-Affected Villagers Say Relocation Inadequate
With the construction of two irrigation reservoirs in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district nearing completion, local set to be evicted from the area complained yesterday of the inadequacy of the relocation site.
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Wage Group Agrees on January 1 Raises
The group in charge of determining the national minimum wage for the garment sector yesterday agreed to increase salaries annually on January 1, determined by discussion that are to take place in the final quarter of each preceding year, officials said.
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Stung Treng Villagers Storm Forestry Office, Reclaim Vehicles
About 200 angry villagers in a timber-rich district of Stung Treng province stormed a local Forestry Administration office yesterday and reclaimed vehicles impounded by officials there.
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Court Questions Union Leader a Second Time
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court questioned independent union leader Ath Thorn for the second time yesterday over his alleged incitement of garment workers at a strike in November, during which police responded to rock-throwing youths with live fire and a bystander was shot dead.
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Domestic Workers March on Ministry, Demand Equal Treatment
Working grueling hours, denied medical treatment and paid a pittance – former domestic worker Ham Savath’s claims sound very much like the now-infamous tales of abuse endured by Cambodian domestic workers in Malaysia.
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Border Chaos Claims 2 More
A second deadly car accident in as many days has claimed the lives of more Cambodian migrant workers fleeing Thailand in the wake of last month’s military takeover.
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Unionist’s Case Hazy
After a third day of questioning during which the plaintiff’s story allegedly changed, the head of Cambodia’s largest independent garment union is in the dark as to where his case stands.
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Boeng Kak Activists Protest With Blood Money
About 50 members of the Boeng Kak community rallied outside the World Bank’s office in Phnom Penh yesterday, covering fake $100 bills with chicken blood in an effort to discourage the bank from resuming funding of projects in Cambodia.
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After Meeting, Garment Sector a Step Closer to Yearly Raises
The tri-parties Labor Advisory Committee (LAC) made some progress in coming up with a new way to set the minimum wage for the country’s volatile garment industry yesterday, agreeing to announce raises at the end of each year and to start paying the raises at the beginning of the next.
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Subedi Talks Migrant Workers, Wages, Union Law
During the first full day of his 11th mission to the country, U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi met with Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng to discuss the pressing issues facing Cambodia’s labor force.
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Maids Call for Legal Protection
A group of about 20 domestic workers gathered in front of the Ministry of Labor in Phnom Penh early yesterday morning to mark International Domestic Workers Day and deliver a petition urging the government to afford them the same rights as factory laborer.
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Monks Protest Developer’s Construction on Disputed Grounds
About 400 monks and villagers protested yesterday outside Wat Koh Puthivong pagoda in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district to protest what they say is a real estate company’s encroachment onto the pagoda’s land, including an island that monks consider sacred.
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Future of Displaced Kratie Farmers Still Unclear
Representatives of the 301 families granted a social land concession in Kratie province to resolve a long-running land dispute said yesterday that they filed a report with authorities on Saturday detailing the new families that have since gathered with them in the hope of also securing land.
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Labor Minister Says 43,000 Workers Back From Thailand
The Ministry of Labor said on Friday that more than 43,000 Cambodian has been deported from or fled Thailand during a junta-led roundup of illegal migrant workers, while the opposition put the figure at half a million and warned of an economic crisis caused by the influx of unemployed citizens.
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Domestic Worker Day to See Maids Rally for Rights
About 100 domestic workers plan to gather today in front of the Ministry of Labor to mark International Domestic Workers Day by calling on the government to do more to ensure their rights.
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Union Leader to Face Another Day in Court
The leader of Cambodia’s largest independent garment union will appear in court this afternoon for a third round of pretrial questioning over a case stemming from a strike that ended more than six months ago.
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Despite Employer’s Concessions, Workers Vow to Continue Protest
Workers at the Beautiful Spring Footwear factory in Takeo province refused to end a two-day protest on Saturday after management ceded to most of their demands but refused to raise their good-attendance bonus.
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More Than 120,000 Cambodian Migrants Have Fled the Thai Junta
An exodus of more than 120,000 Cambodians working in Thailand has raised fears of a migrant-labor crackdown in the wake of the Southeast Asian nation’s military coup.
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Ocean Factory Dispute Headed to Arbitration Council
The Ministry of Labor on Friday referred the ongoing Ocean factory labor dispute to the Arbitration Council, after another round of failed negotiations between workers and factory management.
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H&M, ILO Form New Industrial Relations Initiative
In an effort to bring stability back to the country’s embattled but crucial garment industry, the Ministry of Labor has joined forces with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and Swedish clothing giant H&M in a campaign for unions and factories to sign direct agreements to improve industrial relations.
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