Sam Rainsy meeting with workers (Photo: SRP)Friday, 02 May 2008
By Soun Sophalmony
The Mekong Times
Leading Cambodian political parties and labor unions celebrated the 122nd International Labor Day (ILD) on May 1 with arty leaders appealing to workers for their voting support so that they can either: continue leading, further develop the country, or improve the difficult living conditions workers are now facing.
Human Rights Party promises workers US$80 minimum wage
“If the Human Rights Party [HRP] rules the next government it promises to secure … better working conditions,” announced HRP President Kem Sokha in front of 300 workers at the HRP congress celebrating ILD. “An HRP government will also set the basic minimum salary at US$80 per month. The HRP promises it will prioritize decreasing petrol and goods prices. Today’s government doesn’t have the will to deal with the hike in goods prices and workers’ difficulties. The only choice is to change the government by voting for the HRP. I have ways to cut petrol prices by opening up competition in petrol imports, reducing import tax, and reducing the income of petrol sellers.”
At the HRP congress workers’ representatives pointed out that typical monthly living costs for workers stand at about US$60, not including water, electricity and other expenses. However, the basic workers’ salary is only US$50 per month. Workers also face problems with working conditions and the freedom to join trade unions.
HRP leaders promised to solve the workers’ problems, and said the HRP is committed to serving, protecting, and developing the Kingdom according to workers’ actual needs.
Sam Rainsy Party serves up rice noodles to workers
The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) celebrated ILD with thousands of garment workers and union members at its headquarters in Phnom Penh yesterday afternoon by putting on a meal of rice-noodles and hosting a dance party. SRP leader Sam Rainsy vowed his party will always be there for Cambodian workers.
Sam Rainsy also commemorated late Free Trade Union leader and defender of workers’ rights Chea Vichea, who was assassinated Jan 22, 2004. The opposition party leader demanded the government seek justice for Chea Vichea, urged factory employers to respect workers’ rights and raise workers’ salaries from US$56 to US$75 in order to balance rising commodity prices.
“The price of prahok [fish-paste] has surged from 1,000 riel [around US$0.25] to 10,000 riel [around US$2.5] per kilo,” the opposition party leader noted. “As goods prices have soared around two-fold, workers’ salaries should be doubled so that workers can live properly.”
After appealing to workers not to accept their basic salary of US$56 and criticizing the ruling Cambodian People’s Party for frequently distributing gifts for the purpose of vote buying, the opposition leader tried to persuade workers to vote for the SRP and vowed his government would lower petrol prices from 5,100 riel (US$1.28) to 4,000 riel (just under US$1) and would raise workers’ salaries to 300,000 riel (around US$75).
There were around 5,000 attendants at the celebration, of which about 10 percent were moto-taxi drivers. After his speech, over 100 workers marched with garlands to pay respect to Chea Vichea.
Human Rights Party promises workers US$80 minimum wage
“If the Human Rights Party [HRP] rules the next government it promises to secure … better working conditions,” announced HRP President Kem Sokha in front of 300 workers at the HRP congress celebrating ILD. “An HRP government will also set the basic minimum salary at US$80 per month. The HRP promises it will prioritize decreasing petrol and goods prices. Today’s government doesn’t have the will to deal with the hike in goods prices and workers’ difficulties. The only choice is to change the government by voting for the HRP. I have ways to cut petrol prices by opening up competition in petrol imports, reducing import tax, and reducing the income of petrol sellers.”
At the HRP congress workers’ representatives pointed out that typical monthly living costs for workers stand at about US$60, not including water, electricity and other expenses. However, the basic workers’ salary is only US$50 per month. Workers also face problems with working conditions and the freedom to join trade unions.
HRP leaders promised to solve the workers’ problems, and said the HRP is committed to serving, protecting, and developing the Kingdom according to workers’ actual needs.
Sam Rainsy Party serves up rice noodles to workers
The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) celebrated ILD with thousands of garment workers and union members at its headquarters in Phnom Penh yesterday afternoon by putting on a meal of rice-noodles and hosting a dance party. SRP leader Sam Rainsy vowed his party will always be there for Cambodian workers.
Sam Rainsy also commemorated late Free Trade Union leader and defender of workers’ rights Chea Vichea, who was assassinated Jan 22, 2004. The opposition party leader demanded the government seek justice for Chea Vichea, urged factory employers to respect workers’ rights and raise workers’ salaries from US$56 to US$75 in order to balance rising commodity prices.
“The price of prahok [fish-paste] has surged from 1,000 riel [around US$0.25] to 10,000 riel [around US$2.5] per kilo,” the opposition party leader noted. “As goods prices have soared around two-fold, workers’ salaries should be doubled so that workers can live properly.”
After appealing to workers not to accept their basic salary of US$56 and criticizing the ruling Cambodian People’s Party for frequently distributing gifts for the purpose of vote buying, the opposition leader tried to persuade workers to vote for the SRP and vowed his government would lower petrol prices from 5,100 riel (US$1.28) to 4,000 riel (just under US$1) and would raise workers’ salaries to 300,000 riel (around US$75).
There were around 5,000 attendants at the celebration, of which about 10 percent were moto-taxi drivers. After his speech, over 100 workers marched with garlands to pay respect to Chea Vichea.
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the opposition party leader noted. “As goods prices have soared around two-fold, workers’ salaries should be doubled so that workers can live properly.”
Hope that SR governemtn would keep the promise if he will be elected.
Double the salary will be the best thing for all income earners but hope that SR government will have the surplus budget to do so becasue no coutry in the world would dare to double the salary even if they have 2 or 3 digit in billion surplus for futre reserve.
What else is news? The SRP doesn't have sufficient skills to run the country. All they have been doing is deceiving people with false promises, but they have no plan to achieve anything for anyone. Furthermore, the only path that the SRP could lead Cambodia to is back to Year-Zero.
What condidered to be salary is a form of payment to meet basic reward to worker. So far workers considered to be in slavery. Even two dollars per day which is equivalent to twenty five cents per hour, not meet their very basic.$100 is quite sensible relative to dirt cheap standard of living.
Revenues are there, but corruption and power abuse have taken all.
Would fat cat in power be prepared to accept $5 per day??? apart from hands on lurk and perk(sharing public assetts for private benefit).Answer would be NO.
While Mr Sam Rainsy was in as Finance minister, that where salary were sensible and down the corruption.
CPP has been too long in power, people power will vote for CHANGE, for the government of cambodian ,for cambodians once and for all.
Neang SA
Wrong, when Sam Rainsy was finance minister, poverty was everywhere, and since they got rid of him, poverty were drastically reduced.
Neang SA VA,
What do you need?! A date ... perhaps!
Mazlow's Hierarchy of Needs is too crucial in Cambodia politics.But promises shall never be one for politicians to stroke people ego.
Basic four needs are critically in life sustenance: water, wind, fire, and soil.
As long as these four are not fairly distributed to the mass, Cambodia will always be strapped with problems no matter who's at the helm.
Chhim wat koh
Hey you very same Viet pimp/parasite @2:40PM, 4:05PM, and 5:22PM,
You Viet-born pimp/parasite ought to quit pretending to be Cambodian and speaking out for Cambodian.
You Viet-born pimp/parasite hurts you Viet-plunderer long enough.
You Viet-born pimp/parasite must know that the Cambodian people knows your true color and the world too sees and knows you Viet's true color, very well if I may add!
So take your boat, and head on home down the Mekong river...and don't ever look back.
Nothing in Cambodia (for you Viet-born pimp/parasite) is worth dying for!!!
Whoever support Hun Sen are uneducated and low class people like Hun Sen. He is the worst leader of all time after Sihanouk. He is the bottom of the list and he got to be hang in Cambodia Tribunal.
Mr. Sam Rainsy has no power yet, but he will prove to the stupid ediots who support Hun Sen after he takes charge of the country. I rather support the educated man to lead the country. As all of you know in real life, educate person talks differently than uneducated one. As comparing the speech between Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy, Hun Sen talks like trash and I never get his message. But, Sam Rainsy talks in the low tone of voice and rarely raise his voice to the audience. That 's the educated politician. See what Sam Rainsy can do after he elects to be new priminister of Cambodia. He will get rid of the corrupted people and put them in jail. He will void the signing of border treaty between Hanoi and Khmer. He will arrest whoever illigally logging Cambodia forest. He will place former Khmer rouge in the court of justice such as Hun Sen, Hor Nam Hong, Keth Chhorn, Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, etc...
Educated my arse, Sam Rainsy don't even know anything about law or court. He think the ECCC is the court for everything, hahaha, LOL, hahaha...
My beloved compatriots, just vote for a change! Get rid of a dictator!
Yes, Cambodia has no room for Dictator like Ah Sam Rainsy.
You are 100% wrong, fool. A person who has not ruled the country yet is not a dictator. Go back to school to study more, including moral, too. You completely lack moral, and when you grow up older you might become as savage as Hun Xen.
Sam Rainsy cheats people for his power only. Who want to bet? Don't make yourself crazy to be cheated by politician.
ask your mother, 9:26 PM?
Go to clean your brains and think it over. Without general education, you force yourself to be blind to everything. Open your mind wider, so you can see things better.
Hey you very same Youn pimp/parasite @2:40PM, 4:05PM, and 5:22PM,
You Youn-born pimp/parasite ought to quit pretending to be Cambodian and speaking out for Cambodian.
You Youn-born pimp/parasite hurts you Youn-plunderer long enough.
You Yount-born pimp/parasite must know that the Cambodian people knows your true color and the world too sees and knows you Youn's true color, very well if I may add!
So take your boat, and head on home down the Mekong river...and don't ever look back.
Nothing in Cambodia (for you Youn-born pimp/parasite) is worth dying for, okay???
Yes, Cambodia has no room for Dictator like Ah psychopath Chhkout Jrook Hun Sen.
Ah psychopath Chhkout Jrook Hun sen cheats people for his power only. Who want to bet? Don't make yourself crazy to be cheated by ah Chhout Jrook Hun sen.
Raising the minimum wage is a noble aim, but both Kem Sokha and Sam Rainsy forget that increasing it means depriving the main Cambodian export, garments, of its competitiveness. Wages in China and Vietnam even today are lower than in Cambodia. Cambodia is already suffering from the slump in the U. S. economy. Adding higher wages would only deepen the problem. This could have the opposite effect, namely losing jobs in that industry. The same applies to government workers. Since the government doesn't have the funds for it they would possibly have to let some of them go. (And don't raise the $500 million lost to corruption here).
So you would have some making more money and some making no money because they are out of a job. Again, this is just populist campaign slogans. If they were to gain power, they would do an about-face in no time, and all those promises would be forgotten. Don't be fooled by campaign rhetoric.
you the hunsen,have been so far known by the khmer or even by the world,since you guy have been in the power so long,and no need at all that you must show off your works to them.instead you must let others express their policy to the people because they have not been in the power yet.
Well, if they want to be in power they have to show proofs that they deserved it. So far, we don't see anything but troubles.
Well, get rid of the freaking Viet like the one @10:04PM first!
Reforme the justice, police, and army and see what free people will vote for?
They will vote for CPP no matter what.
tha's your own right.
Yep, and the real Khmer CPP will continued to lead Cambodia to prosperity.
Nope. Just get rid of the Viet pimp/plunderer and parasite pretending to be Khmer like you @9:42 AM will solve all Khmer's problems, get it you Viet parasite?
Yeah, but then we don't have no protection from Ah Khmer-Yuon murderers.
Never heard of it..ask the French ask the American...all they say is that you Viet parasites are 99.9% prostitute...what's behind those protitutes? The Vietcong suicidal commandoes...of course....and you Viet parasite @11:40 AM must have been one of them, eh? Don't blow yourself up on KI-Media, okay?
The real enemy of Khmer isn’t Vietminh, Vietcong; the real enemy is within us. This problem is embedded in our genes since the fall of Angkor Empire. We never entrusted each other since then. Until we can accept our weakness then we can succeed. Keep our friends close, but kept the enemies closer “Sun Tzu”. We need to embrace the Thai and Vietnam as our neighbors, and learn from them. The Pro of the Sam and the Hun, you are doing very well in fighting among each other, who is benefiting? Let’s get to the real forum and discuss this out. Any suggestion KI-MEDIA?
K4K
Okay.
We certainly don't want any Ah Khmer-Yuon to died too quickly without paying back for the destruction of Indochina.
The fucking Viet parasite must leave Khmer alone to solve problem on their own!!! That's the only way!!!
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