Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Unions urge contract action

Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Sen David
The Phnom Penh Post

Unions will urge the Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) to crack down on employers using fixed-term contracts to threaten workers, they said yesterday.

About 50 unions gathered to discuss fixed-term contracts, which they say deprive workers of benefits and the right to unionise.

Choun Mom Thol, president of Cambodian Union Federation, said that he had sent a letter to Labour Minister Vong Sauth, president of the Labour Advisory Committee, suggesting he confront the issue at the committee’s next meeting.

Seng Sakada, director-general of the Ministry of Labour, said he was aware of the issue.

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