June Textile Factory Agrees to Compensate Workers

4,000 workers, mainly women fought for compensation after June Textile factory burned down. After months of facing police, arrest and detention, the women won their fight. June factory agrees to pay compensation. Sam Rainsy Party stood with the workers all the way. Justice prevails.

Mu Sochua

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Hundreds sick in mass fainting in Cambodian factory

06/16/2011
REUTERS

PHNOM PENH - Three hundred garment workers have fallen ill this week at a factory in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, the latest outbreak of "mass fainting" in the country blamed on poor working conditions.

About 200 female garment workers at King Fashion Garment fell sick on Wednesday afternoon, followed by another 100 people on Thursday morning, said district police chief Born Sam Ath.

"A committee has not yet settled on one particular cause, but the workers' health is not good, they don't eat enough and the workplace is stuffy," Born Sam Ath said.

In April, the Cambodian authorities opened an investigation into what local activists called the "mass fainting" of about 800 workers at two garment factories.

Protest turns violent

Workers from the Sang Vo garment factory protest to demand the release of a union representative in Kampong Speu province's Samrong Tong district yesterday. ( Photo by: Heng Chivoan)

Thursday, 16 June 2011
Kim Yuthana
The Phnom Penh Post

A protest allegedly turned violent outside Kampong Speu provincial court yesterday after security guards confronted about 1,000 garment workers, who were demanding the release of an arrested union representative.

Free Trade Union representative Sun Pisey was arrested last Friday after allegedly scarring fellow Sang Vo garment factory employee Soem Voleak during a scuffle.

Sang Vo workers, who protested outside the court for a second day yesterday, said Sun Pisey was advocating the benefits of joining the union when Soem Voleak attacked him and was arrested because of his union affiliations.

Protestor Man Thavy claimed yesterday that security guards from Sang Vo hit her across the head with sticks as they confronted demonstrators. “I lodged a complaint to ... [the] district police chief to hunt for justice,” she said.

Authority prevents June Textile factory workers from marching [-Rong Chhun beaten up by the unruly security guards by the cops look on]

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Worker march blocked

Rong Chhun (right) scuffles with security guards and police yesterday outside the June Textile factory. (Photo by: Sovan Philong)

Thursday, 26 May 2011
Tep Nimol
The Phnom Penh Post

Police in Sen Sok district blocked a march planned for yesterday by workers from the June Textile garment factory, who have been demanding severance payments since the facility burned down in March.

Roughly 100 workers and activists gathered outside June Textile yesterday, planning to march to the capital’s Freedom Park and to government buildings.

They were surrounded by around 200 district and municipal police, however, who prevented them from marching and ripped away the megaphone of Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun, who spoke at the rally.

The roughly 1,000 workers from the factory have previously called for severance payments of US$150 for every year worked at the factory, though Rong Chhun put the demand yesterday at $100. Factory representatives have offered $20 per year worked.

Proeur Heungsa Chea Nich - "Always resorting to violence": Poem in Khmer by Kaun Khmer

Police violence against June Textile factory workers on 08 May 2011

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Cambodia probes mass fainting of workers at Puma suppliers

By Prak Chan Thul

PHNOM PENH, April 10 (Reuters) - Cambodian authorities began an investigation on Sunday into the mass fainting of about 800 workers at two factories that produce footwear for German sporting goods group Puma .

Workers suddenly fell sick on Saturday night and again on Sunday morning at Universal Apparel (Cambodia) Co Ltd and Huey Chuen (Cambodia) Corp Ltd, which labour officials and workers identified as suppliers to Puma.

"I was just feeling exhausted and dizzy," Keopich Panha, a hospitalised 19-year-old shoe stitcher at Huey Chuen.

Phnom Penh Police Chief Touch Naruth told Reuters his officers and the Labour Ministry were investigating the factories, where workers such as Keopich Panha typically earn about $61 a month.

"Terrible Fate": Inpromptu performance by Cambodian factory workers demanding salary raise

Report and Video by Uon Chhin, Radio Free Asia

ចម្រៀង​កម្មការិនី រោងចក្រ​កាត់ដេរ
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ចម្រៀង កម្មការិនី បទ «កម្ម កំណាច ឫស្យា» កម្មករ ទាមទារ សុំ ដំឡើង ប្រាក់ខែ

លោក លោកស្រី អ្នកនាង កញ្ញា ជាទី​មេត្រី ! កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ ទី​២៥ កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ​២០១០ ក្នង​ទៅ​នេះ កម្មករ​ប្រមាណ​ពីរ​ពាន់​នាក់ បាន​ជួបជុំ​គ្នា​ក្នុង​វេទិកា​សាធារណៈ​មួយ នៅ​មុខ​អ​គារ​រដ្ឋសភា ដើម្បី​ទាមទារ​សុំ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ខែ​ឲ្យ​បាន​សមរម្យ សម្រាប់​ទ្រទ្រង់​ជីវភាព​របស់​ពួក​គេ ។ ជំនួស​ឲ្យ​ការ​និយាយ​រៀបរាប់​ពី​ទុក្ខលំបាក ដែល​កំពុង​តែ​ប្រឈមមុខ ក្រុម​កម្មការិនី បាន​នាំ​គ្នា​ច្រៀង​ចម្រៀង​មួយ​បទ​ក្រោម​ចំណង​ជើង​ថា «កម្មកំណាច​ឫស្យា» ។

ទោះ​យ៉ាងណា ការ​រទាមទារ​បស់​កម្មករ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ដដែល​នោះ ពុំ​ទទួល​បាន​លទ្ធផល​ឬ​ការ​ឆ្លើយ​តប​អ្វី​ឡើយ ពី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ ៕

Like the regime dictator, Hun Xen's cops like to use violence against women workers

Workers of PCCS Garments Ltd protest outside their factory in Phnom Phenh July 27, 2010. At least nine female garment workers were injured on Tuesday in clashes with riot police who used shields and electric shock batons to try to end a week-long strike over the suspension of a local union official. The placard (C) reads: "We all garment workers demand our representative to be back to work". REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Riot police try to force workers of PCCS Garments Ltd, who were protesting against the suspension of a local union official, back into their factory in Phnom Penh July 27, 2010. At least nine female garment workers were injured on Tuesday in clashes with Cambodian riot police who used shields and electric shock batons to try to end the week-long strike. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Riot police try to force workers of PCCS Garments Ltd, who were protesting against the suspension of a local union official, back into their factory in Phnom Penh July 27, 2010. At least nine female garment workers were injured on Tuesday in clashes with Cambodian riot police who used shields and electric shock batons to try to end the week-long strike. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Riot police try to force workers of PCCS Garments Ltd, who were protesting against the suspension of a local union official, back into their factory in Phnom Penh July 27, 2010. At least nine female garment workers were injured on Tuesday in clashes with Cambodian riot police who used shields and electric shock batons to try to end the week-long strike. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Workers of PCCS Garments Ltd protest outside their factory in Phnom Phenh July 27, 2010. At least nine female garment workers were injured on Tuesday in clashes with riot police who used shields and electric shock batons to try to end a week-long strike over the suspension of a local union official. The placard reads: "Ty, the factory administrator, gave us permission to hold the strike inside the PCCS factory compound". REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Workers of PCCS Garments Ltd protest at their factory in Phnom Phenh July 27, 2010. At least nine female garment workers were injured on Tuesday in clashes with riot police who used shields and electric shock batons to try to end a week-long strike over the suspension of a local union official. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Workers of PCCS Garments Ltd protest outside their factory in Phnom Phenh while a security personnel stands guard, July 27, 2010. At least nine female garment workers were injured on Tuesday in clashes with riot police who used shields and electric shock batons to try to end a week-long strike over the suspension of a local union official. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Riot police try to force workers of PCCS Garments Ltd, who were protesting against the suspension of a local union official, back into their factory in Phnom Penh July 27, 2010. At least nine female garment workers were injured on Tuesday in clashes with Cambodian riot police who used shields and electric shock batons to try to end the week-long strike. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Workers of PCCS Garments Ltd protest outside their factory in Phnom Phenh July 27, 2010. At least nine female garment workers were injured on Tuesday in clashes with riot police who used shields and electric shock batons to try to end a week-long strike over the suspension of a local union official. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Some 500 Cambodian garment workers sent to hospitals for health problems

(Photos: DAP news)

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Some 500 garment workers were sent to hospitals and clinics Monday for their bad health conditions, local officials said.

Police and other local officials told Xinhua that since 12:30 p.m. local time, some 500 workers have been sent to hospitals and clinics after they felt dizzy, pale, weak and even fainted at a Korean-owned factory.

It remains unclear about the cause of the incident, but many suggested it may be caused by the chemical exposure from clothes, water or foods.

The officials, however, said no one died from the incident and many have been recovered.

The factory is located about 10 kilometers in the outskirts of Phnom Penh.

The garment sector is one of Cambodia's main exporting products and it contributes a lot to the country's revenue.

Political stability safeguards industrial development: Cambodian PM [-Hun Sen will go to great length to prevent Cambodians from protesting]

PHNOM PENH, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has to keep political stability, so that all factories can also enjoy stability to guarantee their development, said Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday.

"We have to keep our jobs in order to have stability and not to have riots, which could affect mutual benefits of employees and employers," he said in Kandal province, while meeting with over 3,500 trade union officials of the garment industry to mark the upcoming International Labor Day.

In this regard, he especially expressed appreciation for garment workers, who voted for his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) to win the majority of ballots in the parliamentary election.

"We have to strengthen the good relations among workers, union officials and employers to keep factories running," he said, while encouraging garment workers to enhance their skills to gain higher capacity.

Garment is the foremost pillar industry and economic engine of Cambodia. It usually employs about 300,000 work force and generates over 70 percent of the kingdom's annual export volumes.