The 97-page report, “Only ‘Instant Noodle’ Unions Survive: Union Busting in Cambodia’s Garment and Tourism Sectors,” documents how the Cambodian government and some employers have used various legal and administrative tactics during the Covid-19 pandemic to weaken Cambodia’s independent union movement and violate workers’ rights. Measures adopted to address the severe economic impacts of the pandemic have punished independent unions while benefitting employer-friendly unions, which could register quickly with the government, like “making instant noodles,” in the words of a prominent union leader.
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has often trumpeted the improvements it has achieved over the past five years with resolving individual and collective labour disputes in factories which it claims has resulted in strikes being eliminated almost entirely.
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has often trumpeted the improvements it has achieved over the past five years with resolving individual and collective labour disputes in factories which it claims has resulted in strikes being eliminated almost entirely.
Cambodia has set set a new monthly minimum wage for workers in the country's garment, footwear and travel goods sector at some US$200 from 2023, up 3.09 per cent from the current level of US$194, Labour Minister Ith Samheng said.