Number of factory openings up last year
Last year saw a notable increase in the number of factory openings.
Tag: workers
Brazil to treat landless workers activists as terrorists
Brazil’s government will seek to classify “invasions” of farmland as akin to terrorism.
Nearly 500 workers go on strike over union busting
Nearly 500 workers at the Bai Hong factory in Svay Rieng province go on strike.
Nearly 500 workers go on strike over sackings
Nearly 500 workers at the Bai Hong factory in Svay Rieng province went on strike today after the company fired three representatives who were in the process of forming a union.
Angkor park cleaners to get $15 pay hike
Protesting workers of VGreen agree to return to work with basic salary of $15.
Prestige Garment workers protest for second day
Prestige Garment factory workers still protesting the sacking of a union-colleague.
Two killed in rice factory blaze
A rice factory fire yesterday killed two workers and injured four others in Kampong Speu province’s Odong district.
Gulf state requests migrant workers
Government officials have responded to a request made by the government of the United Arab Emirates for Cambodian workers.
Two Cambodians die in Thailand road crash
Two Cambodians died and two others were seriously hurt on Friday when a van ferrying 10 workers from Thailand to the Poipet international border veered off the road and crashed into a tree in Sa Kaeo province.
Central concerned over targets
The Centre for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights has found that companies are annually increasing production targets for workers in tandem with the rise in minimum wages.
Japan passes controversial bill to open door to foreign blue-collar workers
Japanese bill to welcome foreign workers.
Workers not destroying January 7 dam: Transport Ministry
Public Works Ministry contracts workers to build a bridge alongside the Jan 7 Dam.
Workers protest ownership change
Over 2,000 workers from Quantum Clothing are protesting for nearly a week outside the factory following a change in ownership.
Apple to employ trafficking survivors to eradicate slave labour
Apple will employ trafficking survivors to work in its retails stores.
Nurseries urged for vendors’ kids
A union leader representing thousands of informal workers called for the construction of nurseries for children of market vendors.
Workers to be sent to Kuwait
Cambodia will send about 5,000 workers to Kuwait for the first time in 2019, Minister of Labor Ith Samheng said today.
Dozens of workers faint at shoe factory
Nearly 100 workers at a shoe factory in Kampong Speu faint during their shift.
Dozens of workers faint at shoe factory
Nearly 100 workers at a shoe factory in Kampong Speu province fainted during their shift Friday morning after a worker suspected of living with epilepsy had a seizure.
Lightning kills four in Preah Sihanouk
Four workers were killed and two others injured during a lightning strike on Friday at a construction site in Preah Sihanouk province’s Prey Nob district.
Myanmar sends 22,000 migrant workers abroad last month
Myanmar sends a total of 22,763 migrant workers to work abroad in September.
US Steel workers set to get biggest pay raise in years
US Steel Corp workers are set to get the biggest wage jump in at least six years.
Government to pay LIDA workers
The Labour Ministry will pay money to 257 garment workers today from the LIDA factory in Phnom Penh who rallied multiple times over missing wages after their employer fled.
Tesla must defend lawsuit alleging it abused the rights of foreign workers
A federal judge has ruled that Tesla must defend itself at a trial over allegations.
Improving construction sector safety
A meet with members of Japan’s parliament to discuss a project aimed at improving safety standards in the construction sector.
Proposed minimum wage figures adjusted
Labour Ministry said that employers agreed to increase their minimum wage proposal from $175 to $176.
Officials, business leaders back AmCham letter to US
Representatives of the government and the private sector applauded AmCham’s recent move to send a letter to US’ Congress asking American lawmakers to give careful consideration to the impact that sanctions on Cambodia would have on the people.
Protesting workers block National Road 4
The Ministry of Labour has promised to pay Ghim Li factory workers in Por Senchey district after they again protested and blocked National Road 4 over missing wages.
Ghim Li workers block NR4
Approximately 500 workers of Ghim Li Pte. Ltd. in Pur Senchey gathered outside the factory in an effort to block National Road 4.
HIV-infected overseas Filipino workers up 14.4 pct in H1
A total of 451 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have tested positive for (HIV).
Workers want compensation for factory closure
Over 300 workers gathered at the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to demand compensation from their former employer, Ghim Li (Cambodia) Pte, Ltd., after it closed.
