Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said potential closures of garment factories in coming months would be due to novel coronavirus quarantine measures cutting manufacturers off from Chinese materials suppliers, not the result of the E.U. suspending trade benefits.
Nearly 2,000 garment workers in Kandal province protested this week as owners reduced their work or shut down the businesses altogether.
Cambodia needs to diversify exports and upskill its labor force, with productivity in its dominant garment export industry stagnating compared to competing economies in part because workers don’t have the “skills to attract higher-value FDI, nor do they have the means to acquire those skills,” according to a new World Bank report.
About 800 workers from a factory in Kampong Speu province have protested for two days in a row demanding the reinstatement of their representatives.
Marking the end of a monthslong dispute, about 150 garment factory workers received compensation on Thursday following the closure of the Hoeng Jin garment factory in August and the owner allegedly having gone into hiding. Workers and their representatives say they say received too little too late.
The E.U. this week wrapped up the investigatory phase of its review of duty-free trade with Cambodia over rights concerns, with garment factories asserting their
Two crashes in two days killing two garment factory workers and injuring more than 70 have sparked renewed calls for tighter regulations on the country’s
Two garment workers died and 30 were injured on Tuesday morning when one of the notoriously dangerous trucks that factory workers ride to work tipped over in Svay Rieng province, an official said.
Thousands of workers at a garment factory in Kandal province continued to strike for the fourth day today, demanding the removal of their factory administrator
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