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Tag: Garment Workers

Posted inCambodia

Hun Sen’s labor sop will cost Cambodian industry

by David Hutt September 17, 2020September 21, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s political move to hike the minimum wage for textile and footwear workers threatens to undermine the crucial industries, which combined account for two-thirds of the nation’s exports.   Under the executive order, announced last week, garment and footwear factory workers’ minimum wages will increase around US$2 to $192 per month […]

Posted inOpinion

Cambodia-EU: The debate on ‘trade-not-aid’

by Sim Vireak July 3, 2020July 3, 2020
Posted inCambodia

Pandemic math not adding up in Cambodia

by David Hutt June 17, 2020June 20, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Bangladesh garment workers’ struggle drags on

by Sabria Chowdhury Balland April 27, 2020April 27, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia

Lessons from Hun Sen’s death penalty U-turn

by David Hutt March 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inBangladesh, South Asia, World

Protests over Bangladesh’s minimum wage for garment workers

by Faisal Mahmud September 17, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Thailand, World

Promises, promises: Can Hun Sen deliver on his vows?

by David Hutt July 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Middle East, World

Hun Sen bids to buy a no-contest election

by David Hutt November 21, 2017February 18, 2020

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