ចយអឺយ!ស្ហុកសាម៉ែ ខ្វះម៉ានីសធើការ បានជាអាន់ ឲ្យអុងឡឺងចូលពឹនស្ហុក៖ អុងស្ហែន

កម្ពុជា​ប្រកាស​ថា​ខ្វះ​កម្លាំង​ពលកម្ម​ក្នុង​ថ្ងៃ​ទិវា​ពលកម្ម​អន្តរជាតិ​

ថ្ងៃ អង្គារ 01 ឧសភា 2012
ដោយ លាង ដឺលុច
Radio France Internationale

ចំពោះ​ មន្ត្រី​ សហជីព ​វិញ ពួកគេ​ បាន​ និយាយ ​ថាកង្វះ​កម្លាំង ពលកម្ម ក្នុង​ វិស័យ​ កាត់ ដេរ ​គឺ ​ដោយសារ​ ប្រាក់ខែ ​តិច

ថៅកែ​​រោងចក្រ​​និង​​ប្រមុខ​​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​​កម្ពុជា​ បាន​​សម្តែង​​ការ​​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​​ជា​​ខ្លាំង​​ចំពោះ​​កង្វះ​ខាត​​កម្លាំង​​ពលកម្ម​​នៅ​​ក្នុង​​វិស័យ​​ឧស្សាហកម្ម ​កសិកម្ម​ និង​​សំណង់។ ​នៅ​​ក្នុង​​ទិវា​​ពលកម្ម​​អន្តរជាតិ​​១​​ឧសភា​​នេះ ​លោក​​នាយក​​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​​ហ៊ុន សែន​​បាន​​អំពាវនាវ​​កុំ​​អោយ​​ពលករ​​ខ្មែរ​​ចាក​ចេញ​​ទៅ​​ធ្វើការ​​នៅ​​ក្រៅប្រទេស។​

នៅ​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​សកម្មភាព​នៃ​ការ​អបអរ​ទិវា​ពលកម្ម​អន្តរជាតិ ការ​រៀបចំ​ក្បួន​ដង្ហែដើម្បី​ទាមទារ​ការ​គោរព​ច្បាប់​ការងារ រដ្ឋាភិបាល ​និង​ថៅកែ​រោងចក្រ​បាន​ប្រកាស​ថា កម្ពុជា​កំពុង​តែ​ខ្វះខាត​កម្លាំង​ពលកម្ម។


ពី​ក្រុង​ព្រះសីហនុ ទី​ដែល​លោក​ជួប​ជាមួយ​កម្មករ​កំពង់ផែ លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​បាន​អំពាវនាវ​ផ្ទាល់​មាត់​សាជាថ្មី​ម្តងទៀត មិន​អោយ​ពលរដ្ឋ​ចេញ​ទៅ​លក់​កម្លាំងពលកម្ម​នៅ​ប្រទេស​ជិត​ខាង​ទៀត​ឡើយ។​ លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​បញ្ជាក់​ថា កម្ពុជាខ្វះខាត​កម្លាំង​ពលកម្ម​មាន​នៅ​ក្នុង​វិស័យ​​ឧស្សាហកម្ម​កាត់ដេរ កសិកម្ម និង​សំណង់។

Japanese company wants to import unskilled workers to Vietnam

Tue, 23 Mar 2010
DPA

Hanoi - A Japanese-owned company in Ho Chi Minh City has requested official permission to bring in unskilled Filipino or Laotian workers because it can no longer find enough Vietnamese ones, officials said Tuesday.

The request by the Nidec Tosok Corp auto parts company has ruffled feathers in Vietnam, where jobs for the growing labour force are a top priority but foreign companies say they cannot find the workers they need in the locations where they need them.

Nguyen Ngoc Quynh Nhu, head of human resources at Nidec Tosok, said many of the company's employees had left recently and found jobs closer to their hometowns. She said new industrial zones had cropped up in provincial areas where the cost of living is lower than in traditional business hubs like Ho Chi Minh City.

"Due to the labour shortage, last month the company made a proposal to import workers to the management board of the Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone," where the factory is located, Nhu said.

Officials said the request was unlikely to be granted.

"The law only allows companies to import skilled workers and experts," said Ho Xuan Lam, deputy head of the Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone. "Vietnam doesn't lack unskilled workers. Many companies can't recruit sufficient workers because of their unattractive salaries."

Nidec Tosok is not the only company to have proposed recruiting unskilled workers from foreign countries.

Nguyen Van Cuu, deputy director of Three Bambi, a Japanese-owned garment company in the Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone, said his company had asked permission to recruit unskilled workers from Cambodia in 2008. He said they had dropped the idea when told the law did not allow it.

The newspaper Lao Dong on Tuesday quoted Nguyen Huu Dung, former director of the Institute for Scientific Labour and Sociology, as saying importing unskilled workers would heighten Vietnam's unemployment rate. He agreed with Lam that companies need to increase salaries to retain employees.

The issue of unskilled foreign workers illegally working in Vietnam became prominent last year, mainly in connection with the use of Chinese workers in Chinese-run bauxite mines in Vietnam's Central Highlands region. Authorities have since tightened their enforcement of work visa laws.

Officials in several southern provinces said factories had faced labour shortages after the lunar New Year, or Tet, in February. Thousands of workers failed to return to their jobs in the footwear, garment, processing and service industries.

Vietnam's economy grew 5.5 per cent in 2009, despite the global economic slowdown. Recent signs of inflation, which hit 1.36 per cent in January and 1.96 per cent in February, could drive workers to seek higher salaries.

Labour shortages in Cambodia's garment industry

Protest of garment workers at the Fortune textile factory (Photo: SRP)

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
ABC Radio Australia

Unions and manufacturers are at odds over the supply of labour in Cambodia.

Cambodia's garment industry says it is facing labour shortages with the cost of living forcing garment workers out of Phnom Penh.

Manufacturers are planning to shift production to the provinces to cope.

But the unions say the real problem is low pay.

Most of Cambodia's 300-odd garment factories are located in and around the capital of Phnom Penh.

For more than a decade they've been a magnet to young women from the provinces - seeking monthly salaries of $US60.

But now many of the 400,000 workers are heading in the opposite direction, forced out of the capital by the spiralling cost of living.

Chea Mony, the President of the Free Trade Unions of Workers in Kingdom of Cambodia, told Radio Australia's Connect Asia program, the factories are now competing for the workers who are left.

They've asked him to recruit thousands of workers but, he says, he simply cannot find them.

"Some factories order 1,000, some order 2,000 and some order 500 workers and we cannot find that many workers," Mr Mony said.

The Garment Manufacturing Association in Cambodia, GMAC, says factories from around the capital are planning to disperse to the provinces with the support of the government.

However, Chea Mony says if factories move to the provinces, workers would be likely to be exploited with low salaries and poorer conditions.

"There wouldn't be any unions and the law wouldn't be respected.

"They would simply say if you can work with us you continue to work, or if you cannot cope with it, then it's up to you," Mr Mony said.

He says workers are deserting garment factories to find higher paying jobs in Thailand.

Search for better pay

Chea Mony says even doubling Cambodia's current minimum wage wouldn't meet the basic needs of a factory worker living in the capital.

Chan Sophal, president of Cambodia's Economist Association, believes Cambodia's real inflation rate is about 30 per cent - well above the most recent official figure of 18.7 per cent.

He says Cambodia still has plenty of labour available but warns that at current low rates of pay garment factories will continue to lose workers.

"To say Cambodia is short of labour is not true.

"[There are] at least 200,000 workers now in Thailand, Malaysia, Korea.

"Especially in rural areas, wages also are rising so the garment industry has to offer attractive wages if they want labour," Mr Sophal said.