Thursday, March 17, 2011

Cambodian unions demand review of draft laws

March 17, 2011
Fibre2fashion News Desk - India

Leading trade unions from Cambodia have sought of the government to review the draft bill aimed at regulating the trade unions, as they claimed it to be an effort on the part of the government to dilute the labour movement.

The trade unions have threatened to observe countrywide strikes in event of government’s failure to review the draft law.

Workers’ leaders and activists have asserted that, their suggestions have been completely overlooked while drafting the new law, which if cleared would empower the government to stop protests, dissolve unions, and even stop new bodies from unionising.


However the government claims that, the new law is aimed at safeguarding the rights and interests of the workers, and that it has similar plans for regulating the non-governmental organizations, which have infuriated the rights group and received condemnation from the US.

The draft law provides that, if any third party or government files a complaint against any of the associations or unions, these unions or associations can be suspended or dissolved by court order, and their leaders could be detained for organizing any such strikes or protests which are considered to be unlawful.

Next to agriculture and tourism, the garment industry is the third largest contributor to the $10 billion or £6.2 billion Cambodian economy, where wages constitute to be an important source of income for the rural poor. As such, no less than 21,000 garment workers resorted to strike during last year to demanding pay hike and better working conditions.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cambodian new married law banned men over 50 and young men who earn less than $2550 per month from marry khmer girl!

That is so discrimination against international human right law.

Cambodia goverment encourage khmer women for selling to the high income earner or simply higher bidder rather than geniun love between women and men.

SreyKhmer said...

There's no genuine love between this age gap. Aint no girl is going to love someone older than her by 30 or 40 years. You gotta be kidding me. It's disgusting. Only reason a girl will marry a man that much older than her is because she wants a better life or to escape the hellhole. Not because she loves you. She'll take any opportunity that comes along even if she has to go vomit every time she has to go to bed with him. So for you men living abroad who thinks that you are the man that you can get any women here, don't be a fool. Do you think the women here will look at you twice if they knew you're not from abroad? Why would they choose to marry an old, butt-looking guy living in America versus a young, good looking man here? Opportunity, opportunity. Once they get to where they want to be, they will leave your ass.

Anonymous said...

Guys! Cambodian people have peace now after long civile war. Please let's khmer people live in peace and khmer people now can go anywhere in cambodia without the fear of Pol Pot now. Please let's us in peace we are sick of war and revolution as history teach very well about revolution at 1970 to now.

At 1970 all students and well educated people were support the revolution of Khmer rouge but after khmer rouge win they murdered all students and well educated people because khmer rouge scare of these people do revolution as they did to Non Nol regime. We learn from the history very well so we are cambodian people say no to any revolution.

Hun Sen may be not the best leader in the world but so far my families and majority of cambodian people live in peace and can walk or do whatever we want with no restriction as Khmer Rouge regime.

So we are happy that Hun Sen remain in power. So we still have peace in Cambodia. Plus Hun Sen already rich so he may not want more money as leader coming at all. At 1993, Cambodian people gave the opportunity to Doctor Prince to demonstrated democracy to develop Cambodia but Doctor Prince as well as his party members are so currupted and so cheap and hungry for money that is why as the result they have today. Nobody belive in them anymore.

In 1997 a lot khmer belive in Doctor Prince and his party have been murdered but Doctor Prince as well as his party member can't even dare to find justice for them till today. They are using innocent cambodian people to gain their power to currupt again that's all.

CPP look down on Doctor Prince and his party member because of that! Money hunger.

Hun Sen May not a perfect prime minister but so far Cambodian people live in peace now. We like Hun Sen remain in power so we can have peace.

Anonymous said...

10:10 PM

I agree with you but so far most of my friends over 50 married their cambodian wife as young as 20 and they are living in harmony together at Australia. They are even have young babies together and their wife take care of them very well. I personally jealous of them very much. I'm think of divoce my old lady to have a new life as my friends. That's ok my current job income over excess $2550 per month easily.

SreyKhmer said...

7:01AM, I have friends and family living in the U.S. who married girls from here. The girls ended up leaving them after they received their citizenship. I'm not saying that all of the girls here will do that. I'm sure there are some loyal people as well. But the unloyal ones outweigh the loyal ones. I've seen and heard enough stories. And it hurts to see that it actually happens to my family and friends. After all the time and money spent, and these girls did that to them....that's what pisses me off.

So if you like to take that chance, then go for it.

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