Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union said this year alone, some 2,300 workers have reported fainting in five Cambodian factories for reasons that are not fully explained.
Monday, 25 July 2011
Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“We think this is not enough for each worker. She eats a pack of rice with an egg, which lacks calories. The workers face a lack of vitamins.”
The head of one of Cambodia’s biggest independent union’s said Monday he wants a government investigation into the fainting spells of thousands of workers this year.
Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union, sent letters to the ministries of Health, Environment and Labor, requesting they look into conditions at factories that are harming the health of workers.
This year alone, some 2,300 workers have reported fainting in five Cambodian factories for reasons that are not fully explained, he said.
Likely factors include toxic fumes from clothes, too many hours of overtime work, poor ventilation or other factory conditions, Chea Mony told VOA Khmer. “I want the three concerned ministries to hold acceptable inspections of workers’ fainting, with professionalism and independence and without corruption.”
Seng Savuth, cabinet chief for the Environment Ministry, said the ministry will send experts to assess the factories where fainting took place.
Pok Van Phath, deputy chief of the Ministry of Labor’s medical center, said he had reports from 52 workers from two factories Monday who had fainted from a lack of sleep and food—not chemicals or poor ventilation.
Workers are spending only $0.25 on each meal, leading to fatigue, he said. “We think this is not enough for each worker. She eats a pack of rice with an egg, which lacks calories. The workers face a lack of vitamins.”
Bun Ying, a spokesman for the International Labor Organization, said a number of factors are leading to the fainting episodes.
“We’ve observed problems relating to working conditions, chemicals in the clothes and the workers’ health,” he said. “There is the fear among workers when many other workers are fainting and having their health affected.”
4 comments:
What are those big name brands doing about this?
J
វណ្ណៈអធនពីសម័យសាធារណរដ្ធប្រជាមានីតុកម្ពុជា
សព្វថ្ងៃនេះក្លាយជាមូនធនអស់ហើយ តើបានអ្នកណាជួយវណ្ណៈកម្មករទៀត ?
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 30,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 30,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 30,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 30,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl, President Ms. Rattana Keo,
PS:I like it in the ass
Her stress could become her illness.
She could eat well,sleep well and
she worked so many hours per day.
This what they called cheap labors.
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