Labor Rights Group Warns of More Workers’ Strikes If Factory Owners Fail to Address Indemnity Pays
PHNOM PEN– The Center for Labor Alliances and Human Rights (Central) has warned of increasing protests and strikes if factories’ owners fail... Read More
Garment workers block Phnom Penh road and call for bonuses
Thousands of garment workers blocked a major service road in Phnom Penh on Wednesday and Thursday to demand unpaid entitlements, as worker... Read More
Hun Sen reverses course, will accept Chinese vaccine
The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to accept 1 million doses of a Chinese vaccine, reversing his decision to only... Read More
Urgent measures needed to deal with returning migrant workers
In an exclusive interview with Khmer Times, Centre for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights (CENTRAL) Programme Manager Khun Tharo said Cambodia needs urgent... Read More
Gov’t to assist Cambodians in need during Malaysia state of emergency
The government will provide assistance to any Cambodian migrant worker who needs help during a state of emergency imposed by Malaysia to... Read More
20K jobs await returning migrants
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has announced that it will provide 20,000 jobs in the domestic market to migrant workers... Read More
More Than 150 Cambodian Migrant Workers Have COVID-19 in Recent Thai Outbreak
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Thailand’s Health Ministry reported on Friday that at least 153 Cambodian workers in Thailand tested positive for COVID-19,... Read More
Economic woes back home for migrants
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 early last year, more than 120,000 out of 1.2 million Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand have returned... Read More
17 Cambodians positive for Covid-19 as migrant workers continue to flee outbreak in Thailand
Seventeen Cambodians have tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from Thailand since December 20, the Health Ministry said, reiterating calls to follow... Read More
Cambodia recommends migrant workers remain in Thailand after COVID-19 outbreak
Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked Cambodian migrant workers to remain in Thailand or to prepare for 14 days of quarantine on... Read More
OPINION: It’s time to fix Cambodia’s broken microfinance system
Microfinance is supposed to relieve poverty, but with investors now profiting from land loss, somewhere along the way things went wrong By Tharo... Read More
Garment workers say minimum wage increase isn’t enough
Garment factory workers have expressed concern over the small increase in minimum wages promised next year, amid rising living costs and other... Read More
Cambodians returning to Malaysia to pay hefty fees
The Cambodian Embassy in Malaysia announced last week that students and workers, including those who have permanent or temporary residence in that... Read More
Ministry upholds firing of union leader, activist at Siem Reap factory
The Labor Ministry on September 11 upheld the decision by Pactics garment factory management to fire a union leader and union activist... Read More
Wages Fall Hard for Workers with Low Income, Education
Wage cuts hit workers with lower education, and those in the provinces, in the first four months of the year, according to... Read More
Pactics Factory Strike on Hold, Awaiting the Labor Minister’s Decision
As unionists face rising challenges throughout the region during the pandemic, Pactics workers return to the factory on Monday (Sept. 7) with... Read More
More than 200 unionists and activists from 17 unions have committed to conducting a campaign to demand garment workers be given benefits... Read More
More than 200 union leaders and activists from 17 unions and federations announced a social media campaign on August 14 to demand... Read More
Representatives of unions, federations, associations and civil society organisations working on the promotion of labour rights in Cambodia have joined together in... Read More
They escaped the worst of COVID-19. Now Cambodians face a debt crisis
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Phal Sokhun Sambath has not worked since mid-March, when the garment factory where she labored for $1 an hour was... Read More