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Cambodian garment workers plan mass strike

(Photo: Reuters)

21 August 2010
World Socialist Web Site

Over 60,000 garment workers have put their thumbprints on a union petition calling for a mass week-long strike on September 13. The Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC) called the strike after the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and the Garment Manufacturers Association refused its demand to renegotiate the new minimum wage structure to be implemented on October 1.

In July, the Free Trade Union of Workers, a union representing over 130,000 garment employees, dropped previous demands for a 53 percent minimum wage rise. It accepted a $US5 monthly increase offered by the Labour Advisory Committee, a body made up of government officials and industry representatives. The rise means the minimum monthly wage will be $61, far below the $93 workers were demanding. The CLC and other smaller unions are demanding that the minimum wage be set at $95.

CAMBODIA: Strike threats loom while pay talks stall

14 June 2010
By Leonie Barrie
Just-Style.com

The threat of a strike by garment workers in Cambodia appears to have abated while talks on a rise in the minimum wage get underway between manufacturers, unions and local government officials.

Union representatives said in late May that they would launch a strike this month after becoming frustrated at a lack of progress on the pay talks.

They had agreed at a meeting of the Labour Advisory Committee in February to form a working group to conduct pay negotiations, with a view to implementing changes by the end of this year - but it seems a specific date to begin the discussion has still not been set.

Indeed, Ken Loo, secretary general of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), confirmed to just-style the industry group is still "waiting for the government to organise such meetings and negotiations."

Unions are keen to see the monthly minimum wage for Cambodian garment workers lifted from its current level of US$50 to between $70 and $93 per month to cover basic living costs such as food, housing and travel expenses.

If agreed, this would be the first wage increase in around two years.

"GMAC received a letter from [the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC)] in late May," Ken Loo said "informing us of the intention to conduct this strike as well as indicating their request for a revision of the minimum wage.

"Our government responded on 5 June that there are procedures that have been put in place and committees that have been formed to look into this issue, and have requested that the union in question submit their request to the respective committee."

He added: "GMAC's position is that we would follow the instructions of the government and wait for them to organise such meetings and negotiations."

The International Labour Organization (ILO) also notes that while "a basic framework for these [new minimum wage] negotiations has been agreed, important details of the process remain outstanding."

While it waits for government action, GMAC is holding a meeting on the minimum wage and draft trade union law on Thursday (17 June) to discuss the issues with factory owner, directors and managers.

Despite being hit hard by the global downturn, Cambodia's garment sector has seen exports rebound this year, with exports up 7.2% in the first quarter.

Crucially there has been a strong recovery in exports to all of its major markets, with shipments to the US up by 4.1% and to the European Union up by 7.3%.

Workers Delay Strike for Negotiation

By Chiep Mony, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
31 March 2008

A union of factory workers will delay a major strike until after further negotiations scheduled for Friday, officials said.

The Free Trade Union is seeking a salary increase for workers of $5, to $55 per month, to buffer the rising cost of goods.

The union met with government and management Monday, though no compromise has been found.

"This was a positive meeting, in which the private sector agreed to provide a $4 increase to salary workers," said Social Affairs Minister Ith Samheng.

The union said it would hold off on a strike until a decision was reached Friday.

FTU representative Rong Chhun said the union was still seeking "to hold the association as well as the government to increase the salary of the workers 20,000 riel [$5] added to the current salary of the workers."

Van Sou Ieng, president of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia, declined comment until after the meeting Friday.

Ath Thun, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers' Democratic Union, said an increase of only $4 per month was not acceptable. Without a full $5 per month, he said there would likely be a strike.

"Because yesterday, we met with workers from 50 factories, and those workers agreed that they would strike if the salary is not increased, and if the increase is less than $5, we will not accept it," he said.

During the month of March, about 2,000 workers had stopped working due to low salaries, he added.

About 80 percent or 90 percent of them had gone home, and the rest had gone to find other jobs or open their own small businesses, he said.

Union leaders hope for a raise in workers’ salary

Monday, March 31, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Chea Mony, President of the Free Trade Union of Workers in the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC), who threatened to organize a garment workers’ strike, hopes that the negotiation for a salary raise held at the beginning of this week will be successful. He told RFA that he held this hope because there are positive signs, such as 15 factories agreed to increase the monthly salary by $5 even before he announced the strike. Secondly, Prime minister Hun Sen is paying attention to the workers’ $5 monthly salary increase request made the FTUWKC, and he called in 4 ministries involved to discuss this salary raise request. Nevertheless, Chea Mony threatened that the strike will go on if the negotiation for salary raise will not be successful.

Garment workers strike delayed; GMAC invite union leaders for meeting to discuss salary

Thursday, March 27, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The strike with the planned participation of about 100,000 garment workers announced by Chea Mony, President of the Free Trade Union of Workers in the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC), and which should take place for three days starting Thursday 27 March, has been delayed for now. The Mekong Times quoted Chea Mony as saying on Wednesday that the reason for this delay is due to an invitation letter sent by Van Sou Eang, President of the Garment Manufacturing Association of Cambodia (GMAC), to union leaders for a meeting on Monday of next week to discuss the workers’ salary. Chea Mony hopes that during this meeting, the union demand for a $5 monthly salary raise will be met.

Cambodian garment workers threaten strike over pay

Jan 2, 2008
DPA

Phnom Penh - Cambodia's largest garment workers union would call a strike if its demands for a pay rise to keep pace with inflation were not met, its president said Wednesday.

Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union, said it was demanding a 10-per-cent wage hike and a new minimum wage of 55 dollars a month, up from 50 dollars a month.

In an open letter to the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia president, Van Sou Ieng, Mony cited inflation, particularly for basic goods because of rising world oil prices, for the request.

'We will proceed in three steps,' Mony said in a telephone interview. 'First, we negotiate. Second, we demonstrate in the factories, and thirdly, we walk out as a group.

Van Sou Ieng was overseas Wednesday, and officials at his association said they would not consider the proposal until his return. The previous garment worker pay rise was in October 2006.

Cambodia has around 300,000 garment workers, and the trade is a major export earner and a pillar of the economy.

However, some analysts have claimed that factors including high wages compared to rival producers such as China and Bangladesh, high transport costs, erratic power supplies and corruption threaten the sector, which is mainly run from rented premises by Taiwan, Chinese and other overseas owners.