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Factory owners and directors in the bag, travel-goods, textile and garment export sectors have been told to register with Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and obtain certification on working conditions. Post Staff
Ministries: Join BFC or lose export privileges
Tue, 23 February 2021
Two ministries on February 22 ordered factory owners and directors in the textile, garment, bag and travel-goods export sectors to register with Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and obtain certification on working conditions.
Certification will allow factories, enterprises and labour contractors to export merchandise under Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) schemes provided by a handful of countries and an economic union, the ministries of Labour and Vocational Training, and Commerce said in a joint statement.
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Cambodian villagers pray during a rally against the destruction of the Prey Lang forest, in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 18 August 2011, TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images Civil society groups in Cambodia denounced the arrest of five forestry activists who were collecting evidence of widespread illegal logging inside the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.
This statement was originally published on cchrcambodia.org on 9 February 2021.
We, the undersigned groups, urge the Ministry of Environment to stop their campaign of harassment against local forestry activists and community members. On Friday morning, local officials working for the Ministry of Environment arrested five forestry activists who were wrapping trees in Buddhist cloth and collecting evidence of widespread illegal logging occurring inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Workers protest at the Master Blacksmith Metal Products factory in Svay Rieng province on Monday. Nokorwat News
Striking labourers head back to work
Tue, 26 January 2021
More than 200 striking factory workers in Svay Rieng province have agreed to return to work and allow operations to resume after their employer promised to meet a list of demands.
Provincial Department of Labour and Vocational Training director Ou Sokhoeun said on January 26 that it had been three days since workers at Master Blacksmith Metal Products Co Ltd walked out in protest, gathering in front of the factory with banners and demanding management accede to nine conditions.
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Cambodia: 17 years after the assassination of prominent union leader, workers & unions continue to call for justice & an end to impunity 17 years on, workers mourn assassinated union leader Chea Vichea and decry culture of impunity , 22 January 2021
Dozens of workers and unionists gathered ⦠to mourn the death of Chea Vichea, an outspoken union leader who was assassinated in broad daylight while reading a newspaper at a roadside newsstand outside Wat Langka in 2004â¦
âThe government is responsible for finding justice for workers, especially crimes against union leaders, or there will be no justice for the people,â said Ath Thon, president of the Cambodian Labor Confederation.