Showing posts with label CCU. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CCU. Show all posts
Monday, September 17, 2012
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Factory strikes lead to cut in orders
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| Un Saveoun, one of many Tai Yang Enterprises workers who have been on strike since June. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post |
Friday, 24 August 2012
Mom Kunthear and Shane Worrell
The Phnom Penh Post
Tai Yang needed to “put two and two together” and realise the link between the strike and big brands reducing their orders
Global brands Levi’s and Gap had slashed their orders from the Tai Yang and Camwell garment factories by 20 per cent, the factories’ boss said yesterday, amid the longest strike in the industry’s recent history.
Tai Yang Enterprises manager Wu Minghuor said his company had shuttered its Tai Yang II factory this week in response to the big brands’ decision to buy less – which he blamed on the strikers and their unions – and had relocated staff to its neighbouring factories.
“Our buyers, Gap and the Levi’s company, have reduced orders for our products. That’s the reason we closed the factory,” he said. “We really regret this. If the workers had not gone on strike like this, my factory would not have closed. We definitely can’t accept them back to work now,” he said.
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Factories claim worker support
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| Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun (right) speaks outside the US Embassy in Phnom Penh last month while accompanied by striking garment workers from the Tai Yang Enterprises company. Photograph: William Kelly/Phnom Penh Post |
Thursday, 02 August 2012
Mom Kunthear Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post
Workers at Tai Yang and Camwell factories in Kandal province, where a strike has lasted five weeks, have thumb-printed their support for legal action against Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun, management claimed. (sic!)
Wu Minghuor, manager of the two factories in Ang Snuol district, said workers were sick of the dispute over seniority bonuses and were taking a stand against Chhun, who has been heavily involved in strike action outside the factories and in Phnom Penh.
“We are organising documents related to Rong Chhun,” he said, adding that all but 20 employees had returned to work. “Workers have given their thumbprints to us because they see what [Chhun] did is not right.”
Chhun, however, said the factory, with the help of other unions he wouldn’t name, had forced employees to thumbprint the document.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Tense and violent situation at the Tai Nan factory
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| SRP MP monitors the situation at the Tai Nan factory strike (All photos: CCHR) |
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| SRP MP and Senators monitoring the situation. |
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| CCU Rong Chhun talking to the workers |
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| The cops who allegedly kicked the workers. |
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| Rong Chhun showing his swolen leg after he was kicked by the cops |
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| Rong Chhun talked to workers. |
US big brand boycott called for by workers
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post
Some 100 workers, along with the president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, delivered a letter yesterday to the US Embassy in Phnom Penh asking Americans to boycott clothing made by Tai Yang Enterprises.
Surrounded by protesters, CCU President Rong Chhun said that the group was left with no other choice after authorities failed to find a suitable solution for the employees of the Levi’s and Gap supplier.
“We appeal to all American people to stop buying or using the products or clothes from this factory … [The US government] will not keep quiet, and they will put pressure to this factory,” said Chhun.
Tai Yang workers have been on strike since June 25 over allegations that a change in the company’s name had stripped them of seniority benefits.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Garment strikers set sights for capital again
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| Strike at the Tai Yang factory (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post) |
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post
Strikers from Kandal province’s Tai Yang and Camwell factories, which supply Levi’s and Gap, will converge on the capital again today to keep pressing for seniority bonuses, Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun said.
The 150 workers who remain on strike – of about 4,000 who have stopped work at the factories since June 25 – will deliver a petition to the US Embassy in an attempt to appeal to the factories’ mostly American buyers, Chhun said.
The workers, who have been demanding seniority bonuses of US$170 per year, claim Tai Yang changed its name in 2010 to avoid paying such benefits, allegations management denies.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Tai Yang garment strikers sacked
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| Rong Chhun (L), president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, is confronted by Phnom Penh Police Commissioner Touch Naroth (R) during a protest by Tai Yang Enterprise workers this month. Photograph: Meng Kimlong / Phnom Penh Post |
Monday, 16 July 2012
Mom Kunthear and Shane Worrell
The Phnom Penh Post
Garment employees who have refused to return to work after striking for three weeks no longer have jobs at Tai Yang Enterprise, which supplies Levi’s and Gap, management said yesterday.
Tired of strikes the company claims are costing it US$10,000 per day, administrative manager Ou Meng Hour said yesterday that more than 100 employees have effectively resigned by choosing not to return to work.
“The workers who stay outside are not the workers for Tai Yang Enterprise and Camwell anymore,” he said, referring to two of three factories the company owns in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district.
Monday, July 09, 2012
Strike will continue for thousands
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| (Photo: CEN) |
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post
Thousands of workers from the Tai Yang Enterprise garment factories, which supply major US brands Levis and Gap, have vowed to continue a two-week strike today after negotiations between the company, union and Labour Ministry officials broke down on Friday.
Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation Union, said Labour Minister Vong Sauth had promised to resolve the dispute on Thursday, then changed his mind the following day, instead referring the matter to the legal system.
“The minister did not protect the workers’ benefits, but he protected the employer. The employers abused the workers’ rights,” he said.
Work conditions at the factory in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district were unsatisfactory and the company had changed the name of one of its factories in order to avoid paying seniority bonuses, he said.
Friday, July 06, 2012
Thursday, July 05, 2012
Road blocked as strike escalates
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| Garment workers from factories owned by Tai Yang Enterprise in Kandal province's Ang Snuol district block National Road 4. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post |
Thursday, 05 July 2012
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post
Thousands of workers from factories owned by Tai Yang Enterprise in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district blocked National Road 4 for more than seven hours yesterday to push the company to meet their demands.
May Sopheaktra, secretary-general of the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions, said workers decided to block the road after the company – which supplies Levi’s and Gap, among others – tried to disrupt the protests by broadcasting over a loudspeaker the Kandal Provincial Court’s order that strikers return to work in 48 hours.
“The workers asked the officials from the Ministry of Labour, the company and the local authorities to resolve for them [Wednesday] evening, but if they don’t get results today, they will keep striking, and [Thursday] they will march to the Labour Ministry, to Hun Sen’s cabinet and to the American embassy, and we will end our march at the European Union,” Sopheaktra said from the protest site.
Striking workers' procession stopped in Kambol; Rong Chhun to meet with the minister of Labor this afternoon
ថ្ងៃទី 5 កក្កដា 2012
ដោយ: រតនា
Cambodia Express News
ភ្នំពេញ: ក្រុមកម្មករ កម្មការី ប្រមាណ ៤ពាន់នាក់ ដែលដឹកនាំដោយលោករ៉ុង ឈុន ប្រធានសមាគមគ្រូបង្រៀនកម្ពុជាឯករាជ្យ និងជាប្រធានសហព័ន្ធសហជីពកម្ពុជា ត្រូវបានអាជ្ញាធរមានសមត្ថកិច្ច រាំងខ្ទប់ មិនឲ្យបន្តការដើរហែក្បួន ចូលរាជធានីភ្នំពេញឡើយ នាព្រឹក ថ្ងៃទី៥កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១២។ ក្រុមកម្មករ បានឈរនៅលើផ្លូវជាតិលេខ៤ ត្រឹមកន្លែងថ្លឹងឡាន នៅកំបូល។
ប៉ូលិសបានរារាំងក្រុមកម្មករនៅកន្លែងជញ្ជីងថ្លឹងឡានកំបូល ព្រមទាំងមានការចរចារវាងលោក រ៉ុង ឈុន និងលោក សាទ សាមុធ អនុរដ្ឋលេខាធិការក្រសួងការងារ កាលពីម៉ោង ៩ និង ៣០ នាទីព្រឹក ថ្ងៃទី៥កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១២។ ក្រុមកម្មករមានលើកបដា និងស្រែកហ៊ោកញ្ជ្រៀវ។
តាមសេចក្ដីរាយការណ៍បានឲ្យដឹងថា លោក សាទ សាមុធ បានចរចា និងអញ្ជើញលោក រ៉ុង ឈុន និងកញ្ញា យ៉ាង សុភ័ណ្ឌ ទៅជួបប្រជុំជាមួយលោករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការងារ វង សូត នៅទីស្ដីការក្រសួង នៅវេលាម៉ោង ២ និង ៣០ នាទី រសៀលថ្ងៃនេះ។
កម្មកររំសាយការបិទផ្លូវ តែមានការព្រមានដើរហែក្បួនចូលក្រុងនៅថ្ងៃស្អែក
ដោយ: រតនា
Cambodia Express News
កណ្ដាល: បន្ទាប់ពីមានការសន្យាពីមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការងារ នៅវេលាម៉ោង ១ និង ៣០នាទី ថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១២ ការតវ៉ាបិទផ្លូវលេខជាតិ៤ ដែលមានការចូលពីកម្មកររោងចក្រកាត់ដេរ តៃយៀន ប្រមាណ ៤.០០០ នាក់ នៅម្ដុំបែកចាន ត្រូវបានរំសាយ តែមានការព្រមានពីលោក រ៉ុង ឈុន ថា បើមិនមានដំណោះស្រាយជាផ្លូវការ លោកនឹងដឹកនាំកម្មករដើរហែរក្បួនចូលរាជធានីភ្នំពេញនៅថ្ងៃស្អែក។
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