Tag: Garment workers

Garment workers campaign for a $215 monthly minimum wage at a Hi-Tech factory in the city of Poipet. (Supplied)

Garment Worker Unions and Employers at a Standstill on 2024 Minimum Wage

12 Sep 2023 3:11 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

No new agreement was made between garment worker unions and employers at a Monday meeting, with employers maintaining their stance from September 4 that they…

Vorn Pao (right), IDEA president, and Theng Savoeun (second to the left), CCFC president, arrive at the Court of Appeals in Phnom Penh for a hearing on August 17, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Appeals Court Hears Challenge to 2014 Convictions from Garment Workers Protest

17 Aug 2023 5:11 PM|
Khuon Narim|

The Court of Appeals held a hearing Thursday in a case dating back to 2014, when ten men were convicted of charges related to violence…

A woman walks in front of a Quantum Clothing factory while a security guard cleans the factory yard in Phnom Penh on August 3, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Union: Ten Thousand Garment Workers Suspended Since July

3 Aug 2023 2:25 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

At least 10,731 garment workers from eight factories in Phnom Penh and Kampong Chhnang province have been suspended or terminated since July, according to a…

Buses parked outside the 7NG Factory waiting to transport garment workers on June 23, 2023. (Sovann Sreypich/CamboJA)

Policy Improves Garment Workers’ Safety But Leaves Bus Drivers Deep in Debt

9 Jun 2023 5:01 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

An ongoing NGO and Labor Ministry initiative aims to make garment workers’ commute safer by shifting their daily transportation from typically flatbed trucks to enclosed…

Garment workers greet Prime Minister Hun Sen during a meeting with him at Kampong Chhnang province, June 8, 2023. (Hun Sen’s Facebook)

‘Opposition Groups’ Responsible for Investment, Aid Slump: Hun Sen

8 Jun 2023 5:32 PM|
Hel Komsan|

Prime Minister Hun Sen told garment workers to point to “opposition groups” who were calling for economic sanctions against the Cambodian government and hold them…

Ly Thary speaks with CamboJA at her rented room in Phnom Penh on March 24, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Thousands of Garment Workers Struggling to Survive Following Mass Factory Closures

3 Apr 2023 4:41 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Despite the signs of recent investment into the garment industry, tens of thousands of laid off and suspended workers remain in a precarious and uncertain…

Garment workers travel to work on trucks in the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Photo taken on September 22, 2022. CamboJA / Pring Samrang

Garment Worker Traffic Deaths Rise, Pointing to Stubborn Safety Issues

28 Jan 2023 7:25 AM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Despite a range of efforts aimed at lowering traffic deaths among factory workers, 63 garment workers were killed in 2022, while 156 workers overall died…

Garment workers converging for their lunch in front of a factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, January 14, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Unions want minimum wage increase for garment workers

15 Aug 2022 9:41 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Unions representing Cambodian garment workers say they would like to see an increase in the minimum wage next year, but that companies are hesitant due…