Showing posts with label Salary raise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salary raise. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
Workers, Factories Agree to Salary Increase [-Workers still unsatisfied with the increase under the current price condition]
By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
02 April 2008
Original report from Phnom Penh
02 April 2008
Union workers and garment factory managers agreed in principle Monday to a wage increase, averting a proposed strike at scores of factories.
Unions had threatened to strike if salaries were not increased $5, to $55 per month, in the face of rising prices, but officials said Wednesday they had agreed to a $6 per month raise.
The "allowance" would not be a raise in the minimum wage, but was an extraordinary measure given the current costs of living, officials said.
Workers and management are expected to meet Friday to officially agree to the deal.
"The salary increase to $60 per month from the government to the workers makes me very happy, although it is a small increase compared to the high prices in Cambodia," said Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union. "But the increase in salary will reduce the impact of the cost of living."
At least one worker, however, said the increase would be too little in the face of Cambodia's rising prices.
"I think that it's not enough to increase to salary to $6 per month, because right now we receive $50, and if we increase $6 more, this is a small amount," said Man Channa, a garment worker at the PCCS factory. "We cannot compare this with the high prices in Cambodia, and our living conditions still have problems, with water, house fees and food."
Unions had threatened to strike if salaries were not increased $5, to $55 per month, in the face of rising prices, but officials said Wednesday they had agreed to a $6 per month raise.
The "allowance" would not be a raise in the minimum wage, but was an extraordinary measure given the current costs of living, officials said.
Workers and management are expected to meet Friday to officially agree to the deal.
"The salary increase to $60 per month from the government to the workers makes me very happy, although it is a small increase compared to the high prices in Cambodia," said Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union. "But the increase in salary will reduce the impact of the cost of living."
At least one worker, however, said the increase would be too little in the face of Cambodia's rising prices.
"I think that it's not enough to increase to salary to $6 per month, because right now we receive $50, and if we increase $6 more, this is a small amount," said Man Channa, a garment worker at the PCCS factory. "We cannot compare this with the high prices in Cambodia, and our living conditions still have problems, with water, house fees and food."
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Chea Mony: Hun Sen has until Friday to reply to garment workers’ request for $5 monthly salary raise
Thursday, March 20, 2008Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The President of the Free Trade Union of Workers in the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC) said that he will give time for Hun Sen until Friday to answer about the recent request made by his trade union to the factory owners to raise the monthly salary of garment workers by $5, otherwise, a major strike will take place and it will affect several hundreds factories. Chea Mony, FTUWKC President, told The Cambodia Daily on Tuesday, that if there will be no reply back, garment workers from 140 factories will start their strike, and he stressed that this is not a joke. On 14 March 2008, Chea Mony sent a letter to Prime minister Hun Sen asking him to increase the salary of garment workers. He explained that the salary raise is needed because of the increase in price of goods, the increase of gasoline price, the increase of rent and price of medicines. All these price increases affect the livelihood of the workers all over the country.
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