"Structural factors make it almost impossible for people to escape their low pay and insecure conditions. Almost all the factories in Cambodian capital Phnom Penh employed people on short-term contracts of one to three months, meaning that anyone who stepped out of line (for example, by asking for sick days, refusing overtime or, god forbid, are even a little late for work one day) might not have their contract renewed.
Those attempting to collectize and form unions to bargain for better pay and conditions will have their efforts stymied by factory owners working with the police, often in the most brutal ways possible. Meanwhile, poor wages (Cambodian factory employees receive around $140 dollars/month) keep them locked into dead-end jobs, unable to get the skills and training they need for higher paid and more secure work."
Read article by Sirin Kale from Broadly.
Those attempting to collectize and form unions to bargain for better pay and conditions will have their efforts stymied by factory owners working with the police, often in the most brutal ways possible. Meanwhile, poor wages (Cambodian factory employees receive around $140 dollars/month) keep them locked into dead-end jobs, unable to get the skills and training they need for higher paid and more secure work."
Read article by Sirin Kale from Broadly.
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