Posted at wsws.org
Chea Mony, the president of the Free Trade Union of the Kingdom of Cambodia, warned on May 7 that the union’s 70,000 members would strike if the government went ahead with its proposal to slash the night-time work rate in the garment industry.
Currently the night time wage is set at 200 percent of the day rate. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen recently announced he would seek to pass legislation on May 17 to cut night shift pay to 130 percent. This would affect the wages of around 330,000 people in the clothing sector.
Garment manufacturers want to run factories 24 hours a day but claim wages are so high the garments produced are uncompetitive. The government is pushing the pay cut on the grounds it will lead to the creation of more jobs.
Cambodian garment workers currently earn an average of just $US50 a month for day shift work. Even with the night shift rate of $US100, they are still among the lowest paid workers in the region. Garment workers are paid an average of $127 in China, $122 in Vietnam and $164 in Thailand.
Currently the night time wage is set at 200 percent of the day rate. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen recently announced he would seek to pass legislation on May 17 to cut night shift pay to 130 percent. This would affect the wages of around 330,000 people in the clothing sector.
Garment manufacturers want to run factories 24 hours a day but claim wages are so high the garments produced are uncompetitive. The government is pushing the pay cut on the grounds it will lead to the creation of more jobs.
Cambodian garment workers currently earn an average of just $US50 a month for day shift work. Even with the night shift rate of $US100, they are still among the lowest paid workers in the region. Garment workers are paid an average of $127 in China, $122 in Vietnam and $164 in Thailand.
12 comments:
You know what, it's the fucken big business who lobby this shit, i wonder how much money those big players give money to ah hun sen to pass this bill, or else there is no reason for him to do that. Create more jobs, what the fuck wrong with you, go take some Econ 101 bitch.
Yeah, and I can easily estimate
the US garment workers get about
1,500 USD/month after taxes, and
the EU garment workers get about,
1,200 USD/month after taxes, but
only morons would called for the
entire Asia to go on strike. Thus,
I am telling you again you
motherfucker (Chea Mony), don't
fucking push no Khmer's job out of
Cambodia! We will hold your greedy
ass responsible for your stupid
action. You got that?
Governemnt can force our people to work like slave for free same as Khmer Rouge regime in order to attract more invetors to Cambodia. Our government owns everything, natural resources and human forces. Hun Sen owns the country including the people who are in Cambodia.
Workers, do not worry about strugling for change. You have nothing to lose, except invisible chain in your workplace. Move forward if you think it is right.
You are hallucinating, fool. There
is no gun pointing at anyone.
To 10:16PM!
I am second to that! What you are saying is corrected!!AH HUN SEN is the CEO of Cambodia and he own everything in Cambodia including the Cambodian King!!AH HUN SEN never care or give a damn about Cambodia in anyway because it is Cambodian people and Cambodian workers who are paying for all the fucken mistake and all the fucken foolishness done by AH HUN SEN stupidity!!!!
Cambodian workers shouldn't be worry about a damn thing!!!!Don't be afraid to demand a change!!It is better to change than stay the same!!!Please don't forget that it is AH HUN SEN job to keep every fucken thing the same because he think he owns Cambodia and Cambodian people!!!Fuck AH HUN SEN and all his clan!
Stupid (1:14), if we want to keep
everything the same, why don't we
just block all the new bussinesses
from coming in, you moron?
To 2:02AM! Motherfucker!
Yeh!!!AH HUN SEN Vietcong allowed only shady businesses in and the good and lawful business he wouldn't let them in!!!
Now Cambodian people are fighting over scraps!!ahahhahhahah
AH HUN SEN the CEO of Cambodia need to be fired!!!Fired this motherfucker!!!!
What is so funny about AH HUN SEN is that he doesn't even know what is the minimum wage for Cambodian worker! But AH HUN SEN sure know how to pass a fucken law to cut Cambodian people salary !!!!ahhahahh
Even fucken $50 or $100 amonth is a fucken bullshit salary!!!The Thaicong and the Vietcong can earn more than this in a month!!!At the end of the fucken month when these Cambodian people got their salary and they will walk straight to the market to buy those second handed products or left over products shipped straight from the Thaicong and the Vietcong and the rest of the world!!ahahahhahaahhah Only a slave deserve the left over products from other country!!!!Please enjoy the left over because it won't last or durable enough to do shit for any of the Cambodian people!!!Please don't tell me that Cambodian slave workers will save alot of money for such a shitty products!!!
Hey, there are millions people who
don't mind 30$/month right now.
Fuck the 1,000$/month bullshit
that you can get for all of us
crap, you piece of shit!
As for Somdach Hun Sen, he is a
lot better than your friend Tony
Blair of the UK, you blind fuck.
To 10:40AM!
Ok! From now on that is your fucken income or salary and I hope you can feed and cloth your family with that!!!ahahhahhahhha
Hey, it is a start, and don't
worry, the free market competition
will take care of everything. If
not, the commies will take care of
them. You catch my drift?
Communist khmer Rouge made all Cambodians equality poor and miserable.
Capitalist Khmer Rouge take from the poor to give to the rich.
Kleptocracy is growing from strength to strength.
LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong
Dr. Lao, don't ignore fact. It is
not just KR that made people
miserable, but both LonNolian's
democracy and KR. We were alright
before 1970. After that, everything
just went down hill. KR didn't have
much to work with either when they
took over from LonNol. Many things
was destroyed by the war. Don't
tell me you don't know anything
about that. You know, when a plane
is allowed to fall to a certain
point, it will crashed. I can't
return to flight due to its fallen
momentum. That is a better
description of what happened in
Cambodia.
And I got no idea what you are
saying in the remaining paragraphs.
Would you mind help me out?
Capitalist KR ...?
Kleptocracy is growing ...?
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